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    "ocrText": "Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. email\nMarcia Brand to Barbara Woolley et al re: 6 Provider Groups Commit\n02/19/1999\nP6/b(6)\n(partial) (2 pages)\n002. form\nre: phone number (partial) (1 page)\nn.d.\nP6/b(6)\n003. list\nContact list re: SSN and DOB (partial) (3 pages)\n03/13/1998\nP6/b(6)\n004. fax\nDonna Langill to Barbara Wooley re: phone number (partial) (1 page)\n02/19/1999\nP6/b(6)\n005. list\nContact list re: SSN and DOB (partial) (3 pages)\n03/13/1998\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA|\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information |(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA)\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nInsure Kids Now\n1-877-KIDS - NOW\nYou love your children and work hard to help them grow up\nstrong and healthy. But like many parents, you haven't\nbeen able to give them health insurance. Now you can do\nsomething about it because there's a new nationwide effort\ncalled INSURE KIDS NOW. Call our toll-free number.\nDon't let your kids go another day without health coverage.\nLow-cost or free health insurance for kids is here now.\n02/21/99 19:00 FAX\n001\nBRAFT - Sent to Pear\nPRESIDENT CLINTON LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE \"INSURE KIDS NOW\" CAMPAIGN\nTO ENROLL UNINSURED CHILDREN IN HEALTH PROGRAMS\nDRAFT: February 23, 1999\nToday, the President and the First Lady. along with Governors Carper and Leavitt and Secretary\nShalala, launched the nationwide \"Insure Kids Now\" campaign that aims to enroll every eligible but\nuninsured child in Medicaid and the new Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). About half\nof the 10 million uninsured children qualify for these programs but remain unenrolled. To ensure\nthat families know that their children may be eligible, the President has engaged a broad-based,\nbipartisan, public-private coalition to use whatever means possible to educate and assist families in\ninsuring their children This includes launching a nationwide, toll-free number set up by the\nNational Governors' Association in partnership with White House and Bell Atlantic, that allows\nfamilies to get essential information; airing public service announcements on TV and radio; placing\nthe toll-free number on corporate products; enlisting grass-roots organizations to get the word out;\nand stepping up activities by over 10 Federal agencies that interact with working families.\nAltogether, these actions will make a major contribution towards the President's goal of covering up\nto 5 million uninsured children.\nINSURING OUR NATION'S CHILDREN\nAbout half of all uninsured children are now eligible for Federal-State health insurance programs.\nIn 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was created. CHIP provides\naffordable health insurance to children in working families. Today, 47 states have already\nimplemented CHIP plans and are beginning to enroll children. These states expect to enroll over\n2.5 million children when their plans are fully implemented. In addition, states are working to help\nenroll the nearly 4 million uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid\nNEW, NATIONWIDE \"INSURE KIDS NOW\" OUTREACH CAMPAIGN\nTo encourage children's health insurance outreach, the President and First Lady have launched the\n\"Insure Kids Now\" public-private campaign. With the centerpiece being the new toll-free \"1-877-\nKIDS NOW\" number, this initiative includes an unprecedented national media campaign as well as\nnew private and public actions to help enroll uninsured children in Medicaid and CHIP. It builds on\nefforts begun by the President last year, when he ordered 8 Federal agencies with their hundreds of\nprograms serving low-income families to spread the word about children's insurance. Starting\ntoday, thanks to the toll-free number, this outreach campaign can be raised to a new level since\nmedia, corporations, and others can now spread the word nationwide.\nLaunching \"1-877-KIDS NOW\" Hotline: Today, Governors Carper and Leavitt unveiled 1-877\nKIDS NOW, B. new toll free number developed by the National Governors Association in\npartnership with Bell Atlantic and the Administration that provides state-specific information about\nMedicaid and CHIP to families in all 50 States. Families calling the line will speak with an person\nwho can provide information about eligibility criteria, benefits, and how to apply for coverage.\nBeginning in October, HHS will assume responsibility for this line.\nRunning TV and radio ads on Insure Kids Now: One of the best ways to educate families is\nthrough public service announcements (PSAs) that a family hears on the radio during the day and\nsees on TV at night. To help surround families with information:\n02/21/99 19:00 FAX\n002\nTELEVISION\nNBC has produced \"The More You Know\" PSAs on outreach that will begin to be aired on\nFebruary 24 during prime time.\nABC will run an Insure Kids Now PSA [getting details].\nViacom/Paramount will run the Insure Kids Now PSA at 19 of their stations throughout the\ncountry, starting March 1st.\nNational Association of Broadcasters, the trade association of all broadcast stations, will make\nthe PSA available to all their members on February 22nd. Smaller stations in more rural areas\nwill show the PSA on a routine basis.\nUnivision will run an HHS-sponsored PSA in Spanish twice a day for the next six months.\nBlack Entertainment Television will air the PSA for the next X months.\nRADIO\nPaid radio nationwide: Today, the Deparment of Health and Human Services (HHS) will\nbegin funding radio ads in 45 States and DC, starting with: California, Utah, Colorado,\nAlabama, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maine.\nRadio Disney/ABC radio will run ads specialized for children in their 25 markets.\nBonneville will run public service announcements from by General Powell and America's\nPromise will distribute these ads nationwide.\nNew efforts by corporations and other organizations to educate families about outreach.\nBuilding on a series of commitments made in 1998, many more organizations have joined the Insure\nKids Now Campaign. Some examples of their commitments include:\nCORPORATIONS\nK-Mart will put columns on children's health outreach in the K-Mart circular that reaches more\nthan 70 million homes; put the Insure Kids Now number on its shopping bags, diaper boxes and\npharmaceutical products; put counter displays at 1,600 K-Mart pharmacies; include daily PSAs\non K-Mart instore radio network; and team up with the Children's Defense Fund and the\nMarch of Dimes to set up tables and sign up kids outside stores.\nAmerican Medical Response will put posters and have brochures available in ambulance and\nschool buses that transport 2,000,000 students daily in 36 states.\nGeneral Motors will put labels with the Insure Kids Now number on child safety seats that it is\ndonating, with NAACP and La Raza, to families in low-income communities across the country.\nHEALTH CARE INDUSTRY\nBlue Cross & Blue Shield Association will produce and distribute a nationwide radio public\nservice announcement and publish print advertisement in Reader's Digest and Time.\n02/21/99 19:01 FAX\n003\nPfizer Inc will incorporate the 1-877 message onto their patient/parent resource publication,\nmailings to their pediatricians, and in their Pharmacy Assistance Program. Wyeth Lederle\nVaccines will develop handbooks, including the Insure Kids Now number, that will be\ndistributed to more than 1,500 local community based organizations and providers.\nAmerican Dental Hygienists' Association will put the Insure Kids Now number and the tag\nline on toothbrushes and in its Access magazine, which reaches 80,000 dental hygienists.\nGRASSROOTS, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS\nAmerica's Promise will continue to work with corporate partners and communities to develop\nlocal outreach initiatives. [details needed]\nPoints of Light Foundation will publicize the Insure Kids Now number and distribute outreach\nmaterial through over 60 \"Connect America\" nonprofit partners reaching 20 million Americans;\nover 450 affiliated Volunteer Centers; over 2,000 individual and organizational members; and\n200 corporate members to distribute through their networks.\nUnited Way of America has committed to enrolling 500,000 eligible children in CHIP and\nMedicaid. It will mobilize select local United Ways (of which there are 1,400 across the\ncountry) to partner with local organizations to coordinate training for outreach volunteers to\npilot the program, then expand it to approximately 30 to 50 communities across the country.\nHOPE for Kids will knock on 400,000 doors in 93 cities in 38 states on April 17, 1999 to\neducate families about Medicaid and CHIP.\nNumerous religious groups will distribute the Insure Kids Now number including Catholic\nCharities/USA, National Council of Churches of Christ, and the Council of Jewish Federations.\nNational Educational Association will promote the Insure Kids Now number through the\npresidents of 14,000 local affiliates in 53 states and its magazine that goes to 2.4 million people.\nNew Federal efforts to promote children's health insurance outreach. The President has both\nlegislative and administrative proposals to help enroll children in Medicaid and CHIP, including:\nOver $1.2 billion in his FY 2000 budget for children's health outreach, through proposals\nthat will help states access additional funding for successful outreach activities.\nNew actions by the Federal Task Force on children's health outreach, including:\nHHS will launch new \"InsureKidsNow.Gov\" website today that provides information\nabout state programs and the Administration's public-private outreach campaign. HHS will\nalso distribute 145,000 posters to over 20,000 health centers, providers, and other grantees.\nUSDA will send 92,000 employees information about outreach on March 8 on their wage\nand earning statements, including the national toll-free number.\nDepartment of Justice will join the outreach effort in March by sending a letter and\nposters with the Insure Kids Now number to all 170 sites in Operation Weed and Feed, a\ncrime prevention and community revitalization initiative.\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-../oma.eop.gov.us/1998/2/25/8.text.1\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nFebruary 18, 1998\nPRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES A SERIES OF NEW EFFORTS\nTO ENROLL UNINSURED CHILDREN IN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS\nFebruary 18, 1998\nToday at the Children's National Medical Center, the President,\njoined by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, announced new efforts\ndesigned to enroll the millions of uninsured children who are eligible\nfor but not currently enrolled in Medicaid and other state-based\nchildren's health program. These include: (1) the first major state\nexpansions under the recently enacted Children's Health Insurance\nProgram (CHIP) and released findings that indicate that many States\nwill soon follow; (2) a Presidential Directive to Federal Agencies;\n(3) FY1999 budget proposals that provide funding for children's health\npolicy outreach including Medicaid enrollment incentives to States; and\n(4) an unprecedented set of public/private initiatives designed in\npartnership with Governors, health care providers, children's health\nadvocates, foundations, businesses and many others who are committed\nto providing coverage for the nation's uninsured children.\nProgram participants include: Edwin K. Zechman, Jr., President and\nCEO of Children's National Medical Center; Linda Haverson, parent whose\nson was recently enrolled in Medicaid because of a local outreach\neffort; HHS Secretary Donna Shalala; First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton;\nand President Clinton.\nOf the more than 10 million children in America who are uninsured,\nover 3 million are already eligible for Medicaid. However, many\nfamilies are not aware that their children are eligible for Medicaid,\nand others have difficultly filling out the application. Similar\nproblems could undermine the new Children's Health Insurance Program's\ngoal to enroll millions of uninsured children. It is with these\nchallenges in mind, that the President today:\nANNOUNCED THAT COLORADO AND SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE JOINED ALABAMA AS\nTHE FIRST COVERAGE EXPANSIONS UNDER THE NEW CHIP PROGRAM. Last year's\nBalanced Budget Agreement included a major new program to provide\nhealth insurance to the nation's children. Today, the President\nannounced that Colorado and South Carolina join Alabama as the first\nstates to come into the children's health program. In late January,\nAlabama received approval to expand its Medicaid program to children\nages 14 to 18 up to 100 percent of poverty. South Carolina will\nexpand its Medicaid program to provide coverage to all children up to\n150 percent of poverty. And, Colorado builds upon its current\nnon-Medicaid program to cover all children up to 185 percent of\npoverty. The President also announced that many more States are well\non their way to expanding coverage to more uninsured children. In\naddition to the three announced today, 14 more states have submitted\nplans to HHS for approval, and nearly 30 States have active working\ngroups or task forces designing plans to address the needs of uninsured\nchildren.\nISSUED A NEW PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE TO LAUNCH A GOVERNMENT-WIDE\nEFFORT TO ENROLL UNINSURED CHILDREN. In an executive memorandum to\neight Federal agencies with jurisdiction over children's programs\nthe Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Education, HHS, HUD, Labor,\n1 of 3\n2/21/99 11:21 AM\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-../oma.eop.gov.us/1998/2/25/8.text.l\nand Treasury, and the Social Security Administration -- the President\ndirected the establishment of a multi-agency effort to enroll uninsured\nchildren. These agencies run programs such as WIC, Food Stamps, Head\nStart, and public housing that cover many of the same children who are\nuninsured and eligible for Medicaid or other health insurance. The\nmemorandum instructs these agencies: (1) to identify all their\nemployees and grantees who might come into contact with these children\nand ensure that these individuals are aware of the health insurance\nprograms available to children; (2) to develop an intensive children's\noutreach initiative, such as distributing information, coordinating\ntoll-free numbers, and simplifying and coordinating application forms;\nand (3) to report back in 90 days on their plan to help enroll\nuninsured children.\nHIGHLIGHTED BUDGET PROPOSALS THAT PROVIDE MEDICAID ENROLLMENT\nINCENTIVES TO STATES. The President's FY 1999 budget invests $900\nmillion over five years in children's health outreach policies,\nincluding the use of schools and child care centers to enroll children\nin Medicaid. The budget provides States with the option of\nautomatically enrolling children in Medicaid even before having\nreceived all of the complicated eligibility and enrollment forms (a\nprovision known as presumptive eligibility). It also expands the use\nof a Federally-financed administrative fund SO that it can underwrite\nthe costs for all uninsured children * not just the limited population\nallowed under current law.\nANNOUNCED A HISTORIC PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE OUTREACH.\nTo complement the public outreach effort, the President announced\nunprecedented new contributions from the private sector to help ensure\nthat all children who are eligible for health insurance receive it,\nincluding:\n-- A new toll-free number that directs families around the nation to\ntheir state enrollment centers. The President announced that Bell\nAtlantic will establish and operate a toll-free number to help states\nenroll uninsured children. The number, which will be put in place\nduring the upcoming months, will be used by the nation's Governors to\nhelp millions of families around the nation by directing them\nautomatically to their local state Medicaid enrollment agency.\n-- Over $23 million in commitments from private foundations across the\ncountry. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will spend $13 million over\nthe next three years to fund innovative state-local coalitions to\ndesign and conduct outreach initiatives, simplify enrollment processes,\nand coordinate existing coverage programs. The Kaiser Family\nFoundation will spend up to $10 million over the next five years on\nstudies to help understand why eligible children do not enroll in\nexisting programs and how best to provide insurance coverage for these\nchildren. America's Promise, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson\nFoundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics, will mobilize\ncorporations such as SmithKline Beecham and Schering Plough and local\ncommunities nationwide in children's health outreach efforts.\nNew initiatives from corporate and advocacy organizations to reach\nout to uninsured children. Pampers has volunteered to include a letter\nin its child birth education packages, given to 90 percent of first-time\nmothers, giving families information about available health insurance\noptions. Chain drug stores across the country will provide information\nabout the new Bell Atlantic toll-free number to their customers. The\nNational Education Association is launching an unprecedented effort to\neducate teachers on how they can inform children and their families\nabout health insurance, through national newsletters, conferences, and\nspecial training sessions. The American Hospital Association's Campaign\nfor Coverage will increase its nationwide initiative to engage\nhospitals in helping uninsured Americans, including children.\n2 of 3\n2/21/99 11:21 AM\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-./oma.eop.gov.us/1998/2/25/8.text.\nISSUED A CHALLENGE ACROSS AMERICA TO FIND NEW WAYS TO REACH OUT TO\nUNINSURED CHILDREN. The President challenged every physician, nurse,\nhealth care provider, business, school, parent, grandparent, and\ncommunity across the nation, to find new ways to ensure that uninsured\nchildren eligible for health insurance are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.\nThis national commitment should not stop until every eligible child\nacross the country is enrolled in one of the existing health care\nprograms.\n3 of 3\n2/21/99 11:21 AM\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. email\nMarcia Brand to Barbara Woolley et al re: 6 Provider Groups Commit\n02/19/1999\nP6/b(6)\n(partial) (2 pages)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA|\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information |(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation |(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA|\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\n4:41PM\n;\n3014432605-\n92024566218;# 2/ 4\ncia Brand at \"OA_1\n19/99 4:57 PM\nUrgent\[email protected] at INTERNET\[email protected] at INTERNET, Scott Boule at \"OA_2,\nVICKI (DHHSSMTP.VRIVASV) RIVAS-VAZQUEZ at INTERNET,\nJOYCE 0 (HCFASMTP.JSOMSAK) SOMSAK at INTERNET\nBCC: Marcia Brand\nSubject: 6 Provider Groups Commit- AMA, ANA, ADA, ACEP, ACP+\nBarbara - I've been trying to spare you some calls but It seems that\nAMA and ANA have called you directly.\nSix large provider groups are willing to make commitments. Contact and\nbullet are provided for all but ANA - I'm still waiting for their\ninformation and expect it shortly.\n1.\nAMA\n-\nWill try to reach the nation's 600,000 physicians by using a\nmulti-focused strategy:\npromote the number in its weekly newsper, the American Medical News\npost information on AMA's \"award-winning\" website\nuse its Networks to do broadcast emails and faxes to State and\ncounty medical societies\nuse its communications directors to send information to local and\nspecialty societies\nThe ultimate goal is to get the information about \"insure kids now\"\nout to \"the Federation\" of all organized medicine.\nPlease invite:\nSandy Sherman\nAssistant Director, Federal Affairs and Outreach\nP6/(b)(6)\n[001]\n2.\nANA -\nMargaret Vanderbilt has called Barbara Wooley directly. They are thinking\nabout what they would like to do. Per Jocelyn Coffey (202) 651-7083.\n3.\nADA -\nper Dorothy J. Moss (202) 789-5160\nADA has long supported programs for oral health care for poor children.\nThe Association is very enthusiastic bout the CHIP program, ADA member\ndentists donate annually almost $4 bilion in free and discounted dental\nservices to people in need.\nADA is presently working with State dental societies to devleop coalitions\nand outreach activities in support of the CHIP program and the provision of\nof dental care to needy children. ADA will host a conference in August\nwhich will bring together dentists, state legislators, and health officials\nto work together to find solutions to increasing access to children's oral\nhealth services.\nPC\n; 2-19-99 ; 4:41PM ;\n3014432605->\n92024566218;# 3/ 4\ne: Mr. Thomas J. Spangler\nDirector of Legislative and Regulatory Policy, ADA\n(202) 789-5179\nAmerican College of Emergency Physicians\nContact: Mary Jane Fingland (202) 728-0610 x3008\nACEP will send information to 20,000 members through a newsletter,\nincluding how to get posters and access outreach materials through\nwebsites.\nThey will put this information on their website.\nACEP will include it in publications that go out to ER residents.\nInvite: Dr. Michale T. Rapp, President Elect, ACEP\nPhone: 703-558-6167\nP6/(b)(6)\n5.\nAmerican College of Physicians - American Society for Internal\nMedicine\nContact: Cathy Sullivan (202) 261-4500\nAssociate for State Health Policy\nIn an effort to reach its 110,000 members, ACP-ASIM\nwill promote the new toll free number on its national web site\nadvertise the new number it its monthly pulibcation, the Observer and\nin its bi-monthly legislative newsletter.\nAt the State level:\nmost states are working with organizations and groups that interact\nwith children or their parents to enhance awareness by providing\nbrochures, pamphlets and psoters. The College will urge physician\nmembers to work with these groups and display or distribe materials in\noffice or clinics.\nACP-ASIM is urging chapter leaders to use newlsetters, websites and\nmeeting to tell members how they can particiate in outreach.\nInvite: Cathy Sullivan (as above)\n6.\nAssociation of State and Territorial Health Officials\nContact: Brent Ewig (202) 371-9090\nASTHO will publicize the toll free number and the website to state\nhealth departments leaders and staff in 57 states and territories by:\nits electronic Primary Care Network Newslsetter, which is sent\ndirectly to each state health officer and a wide network of state\nhealth deparmtne staff and partners.\nencouraging state public health agencies to link to link their\nwebsite with the insurekidsnow campaign and nhighlighting the 877\n02/18/99 02:52 FAX\nTnn\n03/04/004\nOn behalf of the President and the First Lady, we thank you for your interest in the Children's\nHealth Insurance Plan (CHIP) Initiative's private sector partnership program. The President and\nthe First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton would like to announce your commitment during a White\nHouse event to raise awareness about the CHIP program. The event is scheduled for February 23\nand the time and location is to be determined.\nThe White House plans to incorporate a summary of your commitment in press materials. To\nstreamline efforts, please provide the following information and fax this form to Barbara\nWoolley at 202-456-6218 by February 19th. Also. we can send to you our tagline and toll-free\nnumber if you are interested in using them as part of your efforts. If you have any questions or\nconcerns, please don't hesitate to call Barbara Woolley at 456-2930. Thank you very much for\nyour efforts to help insure children.\nName of company:\nThe Children's Health Fund\nSummary of commitment/activity:\nIntegrated Child Health Network (The Children's Health Fund and Montefiore Medical\nCenter) proposes to reach out to enroll, and provide access to comprehensive\npediatric services to, up to 30,000 uninsured children in the Bronx, NY. Will\nalso disseminate outreach/enrollment information in 13 National Children's Health\nProject Network sites in 8 states across the country.\nTime frame during which commitment/activity will be implemented:\nJanuary, 1999 - December, 2001\nLocation nationwide/regional, etc.):\nNew York, NY; Newark, NJ; West Virginia; Mississippi; Dallas and Austin, TX;\nOrlando and South Florida; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Lee County, AR; and\nCompany representative attending White House event: Washington, DC\nName:\nIrwin Redlener, MD\nWork address/telephone number: 317 East 64th Street\nNew York, NY 10021\nTel: 212-535-9707\nIf applicable, can you provide a visual for the event? If yes, please describe:\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n002. form\nre: phone number (partial) (1 page)\nn.d.\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA|\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation |(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nOn behalf of the President and the First Lady, we thank you for your interest in the Children's\nHealth Insurance Plan (CHIP) Initiative's private sector partnership program. The President and\nthe First Lacy Hillary Rodham Clinton would like to announce your commitment during a White\nHouse event to raise awareness about the CHIP program. The event is scheduled for February 23\nand the time and location is to be determined.\nThe White House plans to incorporate a summary of your commitment in press materials. To\nstreamline efforts, please provide the following information and fax this form to Barbara\nWoolley at 202-456-6218 by February 19th. Also, we can send to you our tagline and toll-free\nnumber if you are interested in using them as part of your efforts. If you have any questions or\nconcerns, please don't hesitate to call Barbara Woolley all 456-2930. Thank you very much for\nyour efforts to help insure children.\nName of company:\nNeighborhood Networks initiative CHIP Qutreach Collaboration\nSummary of commitment/activity:\nSee attached.\nTime frame: during which commitment/activity will be implemented\nCHIP outreach and enrollment events will begin March 6, 1999.\nLocation (nationwide/regional, etc.):\nNationwide\nCompany representative attending White House event:\nName: 1. Ms. Brenda Leath, President and CEO\nWork address/telephone number:\nNational Consortium for African American Children, 3636 Alabama Ave., SE,\nWashington, DC 20020, 202-583-2896\n(see second name below)\nIf applicable, can you provide a visual for the event? If yes, please describe:\nN/A\nCompany representative attending White House event:\n2. Dr. Norma S. White\nInternational President\nAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.\nP6/(b)(6)\n[002]\nP6/(b)(6)\nANA\nSE:BY:DHS/HRSA OPC\n; 2-19-99 12:37PM i\n3014432605+\n001\nOn behalf of the President and the First Lady, we thank you for your interest in the\nChildren's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Initiative's private sector partnership program.\nThe President and the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton would like to announce your\ncommitment during a White House event to raise awareness about the CHIP program.\nThe event is scheduled for February 23 and the time and location is to be determined.\nPlease\nThe White House plans to incorporate a summary of your commitment in press materials.\nrespond\nTo streamline efforts, please provide the following information and fax this form to\nto\nBarbara Woolley at 202-456-6218 by February 19th Also, we can send to you our tagline\nand toll-free number if you are interested in using them as part of your efforts. If you have\nmarcia\nBRAND\nany questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call Barbara Woolley at 456-2930.\nThank you very much for your efforts to help insure children.\nat (301)\n443-4619\nName of company:\nI'm provider coordnate American Nurses Association\nSummary of commitment/activity:\n9 mups\nANA has a long history of commitment to children's\nhealth insurance. We are happy to distribute posters american\nand street materials to our state associations, as\nwell as link to your new web site.\nTime frame during which commitment/activity will be implemented:\nQS soon as is appropriate\nLocation (nationwide/regional, etc.):\nnationwide\nCompany representative attending White House event:\nName:\nMary Marra\nWork address/telephone number:\n600 Maryland Avenue, s.w.\nWashington 202-651-7092 DC\nIf applicable, can you provide a visual for the event? If yes, please describe:\n001\n02/09/99 TUE 19:25 FAX 202 690 5673\nDHHS/ASPA\nHUMAN SERVICES USA\n4\nHEALTH\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nof\nDATE: 2/9/99\nTO:\nDevora Adler\nfax: 456-5557\nFROM: Vicki Rivas-Vazquez\nDirector of Special Projects\ntel: 202/690-7854, fax: 202/690-5673\nTOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES SENT: 4\n(including cover page)\nCOMMENTS:\nHere are The three scripts for PSA'S :\nFirst Lady, Generic psa is produced\nby HCFA.\n200 Independence Ave, SW, HHH 674D, Washington, DC 20201\n02/09/99 TUE 19:25 FAX 202 690 5673\nDHHS/ASPA\nCOODOCINIA\nP. 03\nA Slice of Life (English)\nVoice Over\n\"We try to do the best for our kids. From before they're born...until the day they finish school.\nNothing's more important than keeping them healthy.\"\n\"But finding the money for prescriptions and doctor bills isn't easy.\"\n\"Now there's new free or low cost health care for kids.\nTagline (to be inserted here)\nVoice Over\n\"And insure your kids now. It's one of the best thing you'll ever do.\"\nA Slice of Life (Spanish)\nVoice Over\n\"Nosotros tratmos lo mejor para nuestros hijos. Desde antes que nacieron hasta el día qe\nterminan el colegio. Nada es más importante que maternerlos saludables.\"\n\"Pero encontrar dinero para las medicinas y las cuentas del doctor no es facil.\"\n\"Ahora hay un nuevo programa de salud para niño gratis o de bajo costo.\"\nTagline (to be inserted here)\nVoice Over\n\"Asegure a sus hijos ahora, es una de las mejores cosas que usted podrà hacer.\"\n02/09/99 TUE 19:25 FAX 202 690 5673\nDHHS/ASPA\n1 по 4107003005\nP. 02\nDoctor's Office (English)\nMom\n\"Last year, when my kids were sick I had to take them to the emergency room because they had\nno health insurance.\"\n\"I was really worried and we waited for hours.\"\n\"Good think I found out about 8 new program that helps me pay for doctor bills and medicine.\nSo now when one of 'em wakes up with an earache or cough, I can come here.\"\nNurse\n\"Ma'am, the doctor will see you now.\"\nTagline (to be inserted)\nMom\n\"Insure your kids now..it's one of the best things you'll ever do.\"\nDoctor's Office (Spanish)\nMadre\n\"El año pasado, cuando mis hijos se enfermaron, tuve que llevarlos a la sala de emergencia porque\nno tenian seguro de salud.\"\n\"Estaba muy preocupada y tuvimos que esperar por muchashoras.\"\n\"Qué bueno que me enteré de este nuevo programa que te ayuda a pagar las cuentas del doctor y\nlas medicinas. Ahora, cuando ellos amanezcan con dolor de oido 0 toz, puedo venir aquí.\"\nEnfermera\n\"Señora...\"\nTagline (to be inserted)\nMadre\n\"Asegure a sus hijos ahora.. es una de las mejores cosas usted podrá hacer.\"\n004\n02/09/99 TUE 19:26 FAX 202 690 5673\nDHHS/ASPA\nFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Public Service\nAnnouncement for Insure Kids Now\nVoice Over (First Lady)\n\"As parents we work hard to give our kids the things they want, like a bicycle\nor a dog; but even more important is giving them something they need like,\nhealth insurance. Unfortunately, many parents think they can't afford it. But\nthrough a new initiative called INSURE KIDS NOW, your children may be\neligible for low cost coverage. To sign up call toll free 877-KIDS now because\nevery child should be covered.\"\nDocument No.\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDate: 2/19/99\nACTION / CONCURRENCE / COMMENT DUE BY: 6:00p.m. TODAY\nSubject: RADIO ACTUALITIES (CHILDREN'S HEALTH; \"RAAD/KROSS AMERICA\")\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nNASH\nPODESTA\nREED\nECHAVESTE\nRUFF\nRICCHETTI\nSOSNIK\nLEW\nSPERLING\nBEGALA\nSTEIN\nBERGER\nSTERN\nBLUMENTHAL\nSTREETT\nFRAMPTON\nTRAMONTANO\nIBARRA\nVERVEER\nKLAIN\nWALDMAN\nLANE\nYELLEN\nLEWIS\nJENNINGS\nLINDSEY\nBIANCHI\nLOCKHART\nKAGAN\nMARSHALL\nMOORE\nREMARKS:\nCOMMENTS to LEWELL WETSS\nRESPONSE:\nStaff Secretary's Office\nstaffing. WPD 1/4/99\nExt. 62702\nDraft 2/19/99 12:10pm\nPRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON\nRADIO ACTUALITY ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH\n99FEB 19 PM12:11\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nFebruary 19, 1999\nAs every parent knows, nothing is more important than keeping our children healthy. So\nI have very good news for working parents: Even if you can't afford private health insurance, it\nis now possible to get help with doctor bills, medicines, and hospital care for your children. If\nyour children are uninsured, please call 1-877-KIDS-NOW. With a little help, your children can\nget the care they need to grow up healthy and strong.\n###\nDraft 2/18/99 8pm\n'99 FEB 19 PM12:12\nPRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON\nRADIO ACTUALITY ON READ ACROSS AMERICA\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nFebruary 19, 1999\nThe best and most enjoyable way for children to open their minds is by opening books.\nThis Tuesday, America will celebrate \"Read Across America Day.\" More than a million people\n-- from baseball star Cal Ripken, Jr., to the sailors of the U.S.S. Saipan -- will share the joy of\nreading with children in every part of the country. I encourage all caring adults to get involved.\nRead to children on \"Read Across America\" day - and every day. Together, we can make our\nchildren the best readers in the world.\n###\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-../oma.eop.gov.us/1998/6/24/1.text.l\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\n(Nashville, Tennessee)\nFor Immediate Release\nJune 22, 1998\nJune 22, 1998\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY\nTHE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE\nTHE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR\nTHE SECRETARY OF LABOR\nTHE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nTHE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN\nDEVELOPMENT\nTHE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION\nTHE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY\nSUBJECT: Federal Actions to Improve Children's Health\nInsurance Outreach\nLast year, with bipartisan support from the Congress, I was pleased\nto sign into law the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This\nnew program will help millions of children of working families obtain\naffordable and much-needed health insurance. As of today, 20 States\nhave had their CHIP plans approved and most States have applied for\napproval.\nYet, as recent studies show, rapidly implementing CHIP and ensuring\nthat all eligible children are enrolled in this new program or Medicaid\nhas never been more important. This month, a major report from the\nInstitute of Medicine confirmed that children without health insurance\nare more likely to be sick, less likely to be immunized, and less likely\nto receive medical treatment for illnesses, such as recurrent ear\ninfections and asthma. Without treatment, these diseases can have\nlifelong consequences. Another study by the Agency for Health Care\nPolicy and Research concluded that there are 4.7 million uninsured\nchildren who are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid. Several million\nmore will become eligible for CHIP as States implement their programs.\nOnly an intense, sustained campaign in both the public and private\nsectors can address the significant challenge of uninsured children. On\nFebruary 18, 1998, I requested children's health outreach proposals from\neight Federal agencies on how the executive branch of the United States\nGovernment can assist in children's health insurance outreach.\nIn response, I received the Report to the President: The\nInteragency Task Force on Children's Health Insurance Outreach, which\ncontains proposals on how to engage the executive branch in children's\nhealth outreach. I have reviewed this report and found these proposals\nsound, innovative, and worth undertaking.\nTherefore, I hereby direct you to take the following actions to\npromote children's health insurance outreach, consistent with the\nmissions of your agencies and the content and timelines of each\npotential initiative described in the Report.\nThe Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that the:\nHealth Care Financing Administration, among other proposed actions,\n1 of 3\n2/21/99 11:22 AM\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-./oma.eop.gov.us/1998/6/24/1.text.\ncreates an on-line clearing house for outreach information and\nfacilitates relationships between State Medicaid and CHIP agencies\nand community-based and private organizations to identify, educate,\nand enroll uninsured children in State health insurance programs;\nHealth Resources and Services Administration, among other proposed\nactions, trains health care providers to help identify and enroll\nchildren in health insurance through its National Health Service\nCorps and Area Health Education Centers, which trains students and\nhealth providers and distributes information to families that use\nthe community clinics that it funds;\nAdministration for Children and Families, among other proposed\nactions, distributes promotional material and applications for\nMedicaid and CHIP to the families they serve through Temporary\nAssistance to Needy Families (TANF), Head Start sites, and\nsubsidized child care sites;\nAgency for Health Care Policy and Research, among other proposed\nactions, supports investigator-initiated evaluations of outreach\nactivities to better understand which outreach and enrollment\nstrategies work best and to disseminate results to improve outreach\nperformance;\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, among other proposed\nactions, puts outreach referral information in its public health\npublications and pamphlets;\nIndian Health Service, among other proposed actions, integrates\n\"train the trainer\" techniques to educate select community members\nwho can then provide information on health insurance to the rest of\nthe community;\nSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, among\nother proposed actions, develops and implements an educational\ncampaign for uninsured children with special needs.\nThe Secretary of Agriculture shall, among other proposed actions:\nEducate Regional and State directors of the Women, Infants, and\nChildren (WIC) program and other Food and Nutrition Service programs\non health care programs that are available to families with\nuninsured children and determine what information to give to these\nfamilies; how to coordinate the application process to facilitate\nenrollment in CHIP and Medicaid; and how families applying for\nschool lunch programs can receive information on health insurance;\nProvide information to the Cooperative State Research, Education,\nand Extension Service regional and State program staff and grantees\nand encourage dissemination of information to families regarding the\nCHIP and Medicaid programs.\nThe Secretary of Education shall, among other proposed actions:\nEducate and assist families through its Partnership for Family\nInvolvement program, which promotes family involvement in education,\nand includes employers, schools, education organizations, and\ncommunity and religious groups.\nThe Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, among other\nproposed actions:\nProvide information on children's health outreach to applicants for\ncompetitive grants, and ask its directors of Public Housing\nAuthorities and Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities to post or\n2 of 3\n2/21/99 11:22 AM\nhttp://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-./oma.eop.gov.us/1998/6/24/l.text.\ndistribute this information.\nThe Secretary of Interior shall, among other proposed actions:\nDevelop and distribute culturally relevant referral information to\nNative American families through the Bureau of Indian Affairs,\nespecially focusing on tribal schools, colleges, and social services\nagencies.\nThe Secretary of Labor shall, among other proposed actions:\nDistribute Medicaid and CHIP outreach information through its Job\nCorps Centers, One-Stop Career Centers, welfare-to-work grant\nprograms, and small businesses contacts.\nThe Secretary of the Treasury shall, among other proposed actions:\nPost children's health outreach information for families at IRS\nwalk-in centers and provide this information to Voluntary Income Tax\nAssistance sites.\nThe Commissioner of Social Security shall, among other proposed\nactions:\nDistribute information and/or applications for children's health\ninsurance in its SSA field office reception areas and provide to\nStates names of families of children denied SSI SO that States can\nsend these families educational information and applications for\nchildren's health insurance programs.\nI also direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to\ncontinue to work with the above mentioned agencies to assist them in\nfulfilling these commitments, to engage new agencies and develop\nother commitments, and report back to me in 1 year on agency\naccomplishments.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\n# # #\n3 of 3\n2/21/99 11:22 AM\nwRong #.\nJohn RectoR\n703-683-8200\n(Gov't Affairs + Gen Council)\nwill let her know\nJane Andrews\n(Kaiser) 296-1314\nStephen oldsan Steplen Welson Ahen\nDan Nelson\n(Am Hosp. Assoc.)\n626 -2363-2354\nCHIP OutReach Jeanne Land lefta\nMonday\n10:30-11:30\n202-966-7300 message\n456-6777\n(Am Am Aca.of Child .2 Adol\n456-67.55\nPsych)\n456-6766\nX7109\nHilary Wilson lefta\n(Am PSy Assoc.)\nusage\nBarbara Woolley\n682-6049\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:29 ID:AMER.ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 4\nNational Association of County and\nDonna Grossman\n763-5550\n400 41st StNW\nCity Health Officals\nWRong #\nSuite 450\nWashington, DC 20001\nNational Association of Homes and\nKelsi Brown\n223-3447\n1701 K st, NW\nDUP\nServices for Children\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20006\nNational Association of Psychiatric\nJoy Midman\n416-1669\n2000 L St, NW\nTreatment Centers for Children\nFax #\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20036\nNational Education Association\nDiane Shust\n822-7325\n1201 16th St, NW\nMaitbox Full\nWashington, DC 20036\nNational Mental Licalth Association\nAI Guida\n703-838-7509\n1021 Prince St\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nPartnership for Prevention\nKelly O'Brien\n833-0009\n426 C St NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nThe ARG\nKathy McGinley\n785-3388\n1522 K St NW\nSuite 516\nWashington, DC 20005\nUS Catholic Conference\nPatricia King\n541-3188\n3211 Fourth St, NE\nWashington, DC 20017\nWashington Business Group on\nKim Monk\n408-9320\n777 Norht Capitol NE\nHealth\nSuite 800\nWashington, DC 20002\nWomen Legal Defense-Fund\nJoan Entmacher\n986-2600\n1875 Connecticut Ave, NW\n986-2539\nSuite 710\nWashington, DC 20009\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:29 D:AMER ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 3\nAssociation of Maternal and Child\nBarbara Richards\n775-0436\n1220 19th St, NW\nHealth Programs\nSuite 801\nWashington, DC 20036\nAssociation of Maternal and Child\nCathy Hess\n775-0436\n1220 19th St, NW\nHealth Programs\nSuite 801\nWashington, DC 20036\nAssociation of State and Territorial\nLizbeth Stark\n371-9090\n1275 K Street, NW\nHealth Officials\nSuite 800\nWashington, DC 20005\nCatholic Charities USA\nLisa Smith\n703/549-1390 X 60\n1731 King St\nSuite 200\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nDup\nChild Welfare League of America\nEllen Battestelli\n638-2952\n440 First St, NW\nyes\nCort\nother list)\nSuite 310\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Defense Fund\nGregg-Haifley\n662-3541\n25 E. St, NW\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Defense Fund\nJim Weill\n662-3541\n25 E. St, NW\noivecy Dennis Johnson\n642-3550\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Health Fund\n(212)535-9707\n317 E. 64th St\n212-861-0235\nNew York, NY 10021\nFamilies USA\nJudy Waxman/\n628-3030\n1334 G St, NW\nJoan Alker\nWashington, DC 20005\nFamily Voices\nGayle Brown\n703/503-4529\n5106 Richarson Dr\nBUSY\nFairfax, VA 22032\nFriends Committee on National\nFlorence Kimball\n547-6000\n245 2nd St, NE\nLegislation\nWashington, DC 20002\nKaiser Parmanente\nJane Andrews\n296-1314\n1700 K ST NW\nSuite 601\nWashington, DC 20006\nMarch of Dimes\nMarina Weiss\n659-1800\n1901 L St NW\nSuite 260\nWashington, DC 20036\nMarch of Dimes\nJo Merrill\n659-1800\n1901 L St NW\nSuite 260\nWashington, DC 20036\nMcl Dermott Will & Emery\nKaren Sealander\n778-8024\n1850 K ST, NW\nSuite 500\nWashington, DC 20006\nNational Association of Children's\nPeters Willson\n703/684-1355\n401 Wythe St\nHospitals\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nNational Association of Children's\nAnn Langley\n945-6163\n3000 K ST, NW\nHospitals\nLisa Take\nBUSY\nSuite 500\nWashington, DC 20007\nAnn\nmargavet Rekas, AMA\nFull Address Card\nall all\nAddress\nC\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nKelsi Brown\nContact\nNational Association of Homes and\nServices for Children\n2000 L Street, NW\nSuite 200\nnot at this agency\nWashington, DC 20036\nTel 1\n223-3447\nExt\nTel 1\nTel 2\nTel 2\nFax\nFax\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory children\nc 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:37 PM\nPage 5\nAddress Card\nall all\nAddress\nM=message\nC\nC\ndren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMr Bruce Nicholson\nMs Cheryl Beversdorf\nAmerican Bar Association\nExecutive VP\n741 15th Street, NW\nAssociation of State and Territorial\nM\nWashington, DC 20005\nHealth Officials\nyes.\nTel 1\n662-1769\nExt\nTel 1\n1275 K Street, NW\nSuite 800\nTel 2\nTel 2\nWashington, DC 20005\nFax\nFax\nTel 1\n371-9090\nExt\nTel\nE-mail\nE-mail\nTel 2\nTel 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Prevention\nTel 2\nFax\nwrong\nTel 2\n426 C Street, NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nFax\nE-mail\n#\nTel 1\n833-0009\nExt\nTel 1\nE-mail\nTel 2\nTel 2\n[Unused1]\nFax\n833-0113\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children, General\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory children\ncontact not listed\nhere.\nc 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:37 PM\nPage 4\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:28 ID:AMER ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 2\nChildren Heart Addresses\nORGANZATION\nNAME(S)\nPHONE\nAddress\nAmerican Academy of Child and\nKristin Kroeger\n966-7300\n36715 Wisconsin Ave NW\nAdolescent Psychiatry\nWashington, DC 20016\nAmerican Academy of Family\nSusan Hildebrandt\n232-9033\n2021 Massachusetts Ave,\nPhysicians\nNW\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Academy of Pediatric\nJim Crall\n301/594-1349\nDentistry\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nJackie Noyes\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\nno\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nTodd Askew\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\nno\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nGraham Newson\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\nwa\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nJennifer Stevens\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Association of Dental\nSara Milo\n667-9433\n1625 Massachusetts Ave\nSchools\nNW\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Bar Association\nBruce Nicholson\n662-1769\n741 15th St, NW\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican College of Physicians\nElizabeth Prewitt\n393-1650\nSuite 250\nnotin Service\n700 13th St, NW\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican College of Preventive\nSuzy Leous\n466-2044\n1660 L St, NW\nMedicine\next 106\nSuite 206\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Dental Association\nMike Graham\n898-2400\n1111 14th St, NW\nvay\nSuite 1100\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Hospital Association\nCarla Luggiero\n325 Seventh St, NW\nAnn\nWashington, DC 20004\nAmerican Psychiatric Association\nJulie Shroyer\n682-6049\n1400 K St, NW\nHILARY WILSON\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Psycholigical Association\nJerry Steffl\n336-5884\n750 First St, NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nAmerican Public Health Association\nJeff Jacobs\n789-5427 9544 954\n778-9564 5600 4\n1015 15th St, NW\nJenniter\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Small Business Alliance\nJoel Marks\n337-0037\n3421 1/2 M ST NW\nWashington, DC 20007\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n003. list\nContact list re: SSN and DOB (partial) (3 pages)\n03/13/1998\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information 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Document will be reviewed upon request.\nFull Address Card\nall all\nAddress\nC\nC\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Suzy Leous\nMs Joanne Hustead\nDirector of Public Affairs\nDirector of Legal and Public Policy\nAmerican College of Preventive\nNational Partnership for Women and\nMedicine\nFamilies\n1660 L Street, NW\n1875 Connecticut Ave, NW\nSuite 206\nno\nSuite 710\nno\nWashington, DC 20036\nWashington, DC 20009\nTel 1\n466-2044\nExt\nTel\nTel 1\n986-2600\nExt\nTel 1\n2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nFax\n466-2662\nFax\nFax\nFax\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unusedi]\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\n(Unused2)\nSpouse\nSpouse\nChildren\nChildren\nCategory physicians, children\nCategory children\nchildren\nDOB\nSS# P6/(b)(6):\n[003]\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Karen Sealander\nchildren\nMcDermott, Will, and Emery\nBusiness\nHome\n1850 K Street, NW\nMr Irwin Redliner\nSuite 500\nPresident\nWashington, DC 20006\n1\nExt\nyes\nChildren's Health Fund\n778-8024\nTel1\n317 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2\nTel2\nE-mail\nE-mail\nFax\nFax\n[Unused1]\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused2]\n[Unused1]\nSpouse\n[Unused2]\nChildren\nSpouse\nCategory children\nChildren\nP6/(b)(6)\nCategory children\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Sara Milo\nMr Todd Askew\nAmerican Association of Dental\nGovt Liaison\n1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nWashington, DC 20036\nno\n601- 13th St\nTel 1\n667-9433\nExt\nTel 1\nSuite 400 North\nWashington, DC 20005\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel\n347-8600\nExt\nFax\nFax\nTel 1\nTel 2\nTel 2\nE-mail\nE-mail\nFax\n393-6137\nFax\n[Unused1]\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\n[Unused2]\n[Unused1]\nSpouse\n[Unused2]\nChildren\nSpouse\nCategory children\nChildren\nCategory children, physicians\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12.36 PM\nPage 2\nFull Address Card\nagr agr\nAddress\nc\nc\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Jackie Noyes\nMs Judith Waxman\nGovernment Liaison\nFamilies USA\nAmerican Academy of 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2\n(Unused1)\nFax\n393-6137\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children\nSpouse\nchildren\nChildren\nBusiness\nHome\nCategory\nchildren, physicians\nMr Bruce Lesley\nNational Association of Children's\nP6/(b)(6)\nHospitals and Related Institutions\n401 Wythe Street\nchildren\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nBusiness\nHome\nTel 1\n703-684-1355\nExt\nTel\nMs Marina Weiss\n<\nTel 2\nTel 2\nMarch of Dimes\n1901 L Street, NW\nyes\nFax\n703-684-1589\nFax\nyes\nSuite 260\nE-mail\nE-mail\nWashington, DC 20036\n[Unused1]\n=\nTel 1\n659-1800\nExt\n13\nTel 1\n[Unused2]\nTel 2\nTel 2\nSpouse\nFax\n296-2964\nFax\nChildren\nE-mail\nE-mail\nCategory children, hospital\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\nP6/(b)(6)\nSpouse\n66777\nChildren\nCategory General, children\ncell 4 JE01\nP6/(b)(6)\n4566755\n*7109\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:35 PM\n66766\nPage 1\n022299 11:54am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 001\nNational Governors' Association\nCenter for Best Practices\n444 North Capitol Street\nSuite 267\nWashington, D.C. 20001 - 1512\nNGA Center\nTelephone (202) 624-5300\nfor Best Practices\nhttp://wwww.nga.org/Center\nDate:\n2/22/99\nTime:\n11:53:46 AM\nPages:\n6\nTo:\nDevorah Adler\nFax Number:\n4565557\nFrom:\nJoy Horner Kauffman\nSubject:\nStateLine on Statewide Hotlines\nNote:\nDevorah-\nI will be sending the chart in just a second. I an working to get the talking points.\nDo you all have talking points developed for the President and First Lady. It would\nbe great if you could send those over. Then we can both be making sure that it\nworks together nicely.\nJoy\n022299 11:54am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 002\nHealth Policy Studies Division\nContact: Joy Horner Kauffman, 202/624-7854\nFebruary 23, 1999\nStates Use Innovative Children's Health Insurance Hotlines to Enroll\nUninsured Children*\nSummary\nStates are developing and implementing outreach strategies to help families enroll uninsured children\nin the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid. Statewide hotlines that\nfacilitate enrollment have been established or are planned in all states. State innovations are expanding\nthe scope of hotlines so they are comprehensive service centers where potential applicants can receive\nassistance ranging from information to enrollment. These innovations are helping states accomplish the\nultimate goal of ensuring access to health care for uninsured children.\nThe National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices surveyed all fifty states and the District\nof Columbia on key elements of their hotline and consulted with an expert in state outreach efforts.\nEffective hotlines are ones equipped to do the following:\nanswer questions and assist callers on issues related to SCHIP and Medicaid;\nprovide information in several languages;\nextend hours of operation to accommodate working parents;\nmail application forms to callers in a timely manner;\nhelp individual callers complete the application form;\nmonitor the rate and outcome of application submissions; and\ntrack how callers hear about the hotline so outreach strategies can be targeted.\nThe National Governors' Association (NGA), together with the President, recently launched a\nnationwide children's health insurance hotline and campaign called Insure Kids Now to make it even\neasier for parents to access their state's children's health insurance programs.\nStatewide Hotlines Support Outreach and Enrollment\nA statewide hotline can facilitate the enrollment of eligible children in both SCHIP and Medicaid. It\ncan serve as a one-stop-shop, providing information and applications. A single access point for\nmultiple services is especially effective for the target population of children of low-income, working\nparents. These parents often cannot afford to miss work and lack transportation to visit social service\noffices. A statewide hotline also enables states to centralize training for hotline staff and monitor calls\nfor quality assurance.\n022299 11:55am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 003\nPage 2, States Use Innovative Children's Health Insurance Hotlines to Enroll Uninsured Children\nIn addition to helping states centralize information and client services, a statewide hotline enables them\nto combine application, eligibility, and enrollment data systems. Consequently, clients can be told\nabout the status and outcome of their application, reminders can be mailed to participants informing\nthem of important dates related to their eligibility, and enrollment reports can be easily generated.\nStatewide hotlines can be used in outreach initiatives and publicity efforts to establish a clear means by\nwhich potential applicants can access SCHIP and Medicaid. Some states use their hotline to refer\ncallers to community-based organizations that can assist them in enrolling their children. Other states\nhave developed public-private partnerships to promote enrollment, and these partnerships have been\nfacilitated, in part, by the state's hotline. For example, Arkansas and Michigan used their hotlines in\npromotional material developed through public-private partnerships with Kmart, McDonald's, Meijer,\nand children's hospitals.\nEffective Statewide Hotlines Have Certain Elements\nThe NGA Center for Best Practices, in consultation with Sarah Shuptrine, director of the Robert Wood\nJohnson Foundation's national Covering Kids initiative and president of the Southern Institute on\nChildren and Families, identified the services that effective statewide hotlines provide. Effective\nhotlines can:\nanswer questions and assist callers on issues related to enrolling children in SCHIP and Medicaid;\nprovide information in several languages;\nextend hours of operation to weekday evenings and/or weekends to accommodate working parents;\nmail application forms to callers so they receive them within five working days;\nhelp individual callers complete the application form;\nmonitor the rate and outcome-approved, denied, and reason for denial-of application\nsubmissions; and\ntrack how callers hear about the hotline so outreach strategies can be targeted.\nCenter staff surveyed all fifty states and the District of Columbia on these elements and the results are\nreported in the attached table. Several state hotlines have implemented many of these key elements,\nand many states are planning to expand the capacity of their children's health insurance hotlines.\nMany states have introduced other innovative features to their hotlines. For example, hotline operators\nin Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, and South Carolina can inform callers about the status\nof their application and, if enrollment is denied, give them the reason for the denial. Hotlines in\nDelaware, Iowa, and New Hampshire are unique because operators can solicit from the caller\ninformation needed to complete the application and submit the application to the appropriate\nenrollment agency on the client's behalf. The completed form is mailed to the client for his or her\nverification and signature, and the client returns the form and supporting documents.\nMost states use a voice-message system to communicate with callers when hotline staff are not\navailable. This technology enables the state to share information about the program and follow up on\nmessages received from people calling the hotline.\n022299 11:55am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 004\nPage 3, States Use Innovative Children's Health Insurance Hotlines to Enroll Uninsured Children\nSome states require a copy of a birth certificate for program enrollment. A few states have linked their\ndata systems with the vital statistics registry, enabling hotline operators to obtain the document for\ncallers.\nState Experience with Hotlines Reveals Important Lessons\nState experience in designing, implementing, and operating statewide hotlines reveals some important\nlessons. States identify the following hotline strategies as effective in enrolling eligible children:\nemploy well-trained, multilingual staff who can answer questions about SCHIP, Medicaid, and\nother related programs;\nhave people answer the hotline whenever possible;\nextend the hours of hotline operation to weekday nights and weekends to accommodate working\nparents;\ntake advantage of technology, including voice message and automated and integrated information\nsystems;\nuse short, mail-in application forms with few verification requirements;\ndrop the assets test for determining eligibility;\nbuild on services offered through existing hotlines, such as those established for Medicaid and\nTitle V maternal and child health programs; and\npartner with local agencies and community-based organizations to manage or promote the\nstatewide hotline.\nStates also find that certain types of publicity and outreach result in more calls from potentially eligible\nclients. Effective approaches include the following.\nDistribute materials through public schools. States cite this approach as the most economical\nmeans to communicate with the target population. For example, Alabama sent out 850,000\napplication packets to public schoolchildren at the start of the school year and has already enrolled\nmore than 23,000 children.\nMail information directly to specific target groups. Many states mail information directly to\nformer Medicaid participants, the unemployed, and parents in targeted school districts. For\nexample, Delaware sends information to food stamp recipients and custodial and noncustodial\nparents who pay child support. New Jersey sends a letter about its programs to the parents of\nnewborns using data from the vital statistics registry and to all financially eligible families using\ndata from the department of taxation. The state also includes a bilingual flier in the 300,000\nregistration and license renewal reminders the division of motor vehicles sends out each month.\nPublish newspaper articles and air television and radio news stories. Several states have found\nthat newspaper articles and television and radio news stories result in more calls than do some paid\nmedia advertisements.\nPurchase television, newspaper, and radio advertisements. According to a recent study\nsponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Americans receive most of their information\nabout children's health care from television (50 percent), newspaper (30 percent), magazines\n(6 percent), and radio (6 percent). ** Many states have negotiated donated ads to match the value of\ntheir purchased ads.\n022299 11:56am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 005\nPage 4, States Use Innovative Children's Health Insurance Hotlines to Enroll Uninsured Children\nTap informal communication networks. Family and friends form powerful, informal networks of\ncommunication. Several states have tapped those networks by encouraging applicants to spread the\nword about the availability of children's health insurance and the hotline. This outreach method is\nvery economical, but it is effective only if applicants have a positive experience to share.\nTherefore, service quality and clients' interaction with hotline personnel are critical.\nHotline Operation Poses Challenges\nThe success of a children's health insurance hotline can be measured not only by how many times the\nphone rings, but also by how many children enroll in a program. States operating a statewide toll-free\nhotline identify these challenges:\nestimating and responding to the volume of calls and determining personnel needs accordingly;\nacquiring and training knowledgeable staff concerning children's health insurance resources;\nserving the needs of non-English-speaking callers;\nsecuring funding for marketing efforts; and\nresponding to followup calls from applicants on the status of their application.\nSome states have improved coordination between hotline staff and staff marketing the hotline so call\nvolume is more predictable and hotlines can be adequately staffed during high-volume periods. To\novercome the challenge of acquiring and training new staff, some states have used existing hotline\nstaff. Other states have hired third-party administrators with staff who have experience in phone\ninterview and assistance techniques to deal with high call volume and limited staff capacity. To serve\nnon-English-speaking callers and callers with various ethnic backgrounds, some states have hired\nmultilingual and multicultural staff. Several states have developed public-private partnerships to\npromote the availability of children's health insurance and the statewide hotline. In many cases, these\npartnerships also have raised funds for marketing efforts. States that have formed partnerships report it\nis easier to \"sell\" the product to a corporation if the hotline renders high-quality services. Finally, states\nhave combined data systems so hotline operators have access to information on the status of\napplications and can respond to callers' inquiries.\nNational Hotline Will Boost State Hotlines\nNGA developed the national Insure Kids Now Hotline, 1-877-KIDS-NOW, on behalf of the nation's\nGovernors. The hotline connects callers nationwide to their statewide hotline, providing information,\napplication forms, and referrals to parents of children eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid. Working with\nNGA, the Clinton administration has encouraged public-private partnerships with corporations to\npromote the hotline. In addition, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has sponsored a\nradio campaign. The national hotline will boost state momentum to expand uninsured children's access\nto health insurance-a momentum propelled by the nation's Governors.\n*\nFunding for this StateLine was provided through a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau,\nHealth Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\n022299 11:57am From:\n202-624-5313 To:\nPage 006\nPage 5, States Use Innovative Children's Health Insurance Hotlines to Enroll Uninsured Children\n**Harvard School of Public Health, University of Maryland Survey Research Center, Robert Wood\nJohnson Foundation, Attitudes Toward Children's Health Care Issues Survey (Boston, Mass.: Harvard\nSchool of Public Health, August-October 1997).\nFIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON\nCHIP EVENT\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nFEBRUARY 23, 1999\nGood afternoon, and welcome to the White House. I'm honored to join the President and\nall of you as together, we take another important step forward in our efforts to make quality\nhealth care a realilty for America's children. The progress we've already made would not have\nbeen possible without many of the people in this room. I want to especially thank Secretary\nShalala for her tireless leadership on behalf of our nation's children; Governor Levitt and\nGovernor Carper for making health care a bipartisan effort; and the many health care advocates\nand religious and community leaders who work every single day on the front lines in our\ncommunities to improve the health and well being of our young people. I'm pleased that two\nmembers of Congress who I know will be active on this issue -- Congresswoman DeGette\n[DEE-GET and Rep. Eshoo [ES-SHEW] -- have joined us as well.\nI doubt there's a person in this room who hasn't been concerned at one time or another\nabout having the health coverage they need for themselves and their family. I recently heard\nabout a family from Maryland: Mary Smith and her husband -- the proud parents of two teenage\nboys, Samuel and Thomas. Both Mary and her husband were working -- but their employeers\neither didn't provide health care coverage -- or offered them private coverage they couldn't\nafford. So for 3 long years, their children had no health insurance. Every single day --\nparticularly the afternoons when she knew her sons were out playing sports -- Mary felt she was\n\"walking on eggshells\" -- hoping and praying nothing would happen to them.\nEvery parent can imagine how she felt. When children are sick or hurt -- the last thing\ntheir parents should have to worry about is whether they have the resources to ease their pain;\nheal their wounds; or lower their fevers. Yet over 11 million children in America face that\nprospect every day -- because they have no health insurance.\nThat's why in August of '97 -- thanks to many of you and with the support of a\nbipartisan Congress -- the President signed into law the largest expansion of health care in 30\nyears. That day, our nation committed $24 billion to insure millions of uninsured children and\ntheir parents -- through a federal-state partnership. Now families like Mary's are breathing easier\n-- because their children are covered under the Children's Health Insurance Program.\nWe've come together again today because our work is far from finished. Creating CHIP\nwas the critical first step in insuring our children receive the health care they need -- from check\nups to immunizations to complicated surgery. But we recognized that fulfilling this promise\nwould depend on the work we did after the bill was signed, and we knew it would not be easy.\nAt least half of all uninsured children are eligible for federal, state health insurance\nprograms, but too often their parents either don't know about these new options, or don't think\nthey're qualified. As successful as Medicaid has been, an estimated four million eligible children\nare still not enrolled. Millions of others -- like Samuel and Thomas -- have working parents who\nare employed by businesses that don't provide health insurance. Still others lose their coverage\nwhen their parents lose their jobs. Long, complicated application forms -- and lack of\ninformation among eligible immigrant families -- further slow the progress we all seek.\nSo over the past year, we've carried on sustained outreach efforts in communities\nnationwide to help educate families about CHIP. Federal agencies as well as the private sector\nhave been helping states spread the word -- by working in the schools, organizing media\ncampaigns, and creating new public/private partnerships.\nI'd like to describe a particularly successful program. Last November, Chicago's public\nschools launched an aggressive, school-based outreach campaign aimed at the estimated 170,000\nstudents who were eligible -- but not enrolled -- in Illinois KidCare program. First, they sent out\nenrollment information to every family who had children in the public schools. Then, on the day\nthat parents were required to come to school -- to pick up their child's report card -- 3,000\nvolunteers were on hand to help eligible parents fill out the forms and get their children enrolled.\nEveryone was involved -- from social workers to counselors to volunteers from private\ncorporations to child acvocay groups. Public service announcements and media ads promoting\nKidCare were translated into five different languages -- including Cantonese and Arabic -- to\nhelp spread the word among Chicago's diverse ethnic communities.\nThe result of this concerted campaign? About 14,000 children applied for KidCare\nduring the November campaign. [I understand that Paul Vallas, CEO of Chicago's public\nschools, is here with us, and I want to congratulate him for creating such a model program.]\nAnd\nPrograms like the one in Chicago underscore how important it is to reach out to families\nwhere they are -- particularly posr, working families who don't believe government programs\nwe\nean improve their lives. It's critical that religious groups and charities; day care centers and\n30\nafter school programs; homeless shelters and mentoring programs all be enlisted in this effort.\nWe must send out the message: If you touch the life of a child, you have a role to play.\nE\nIt's time to build on the progress being made in states around the country. It's time to\nme\nmake the promise we made to children and families in August of '97 a reality in every\ncommunity. It's time to take the next step. So today -- the President is launching a national\nto\noutreach campaign to enroll every eligible child in a health insurance plan. There is no more\nimportant mission in America.\nIt's now my pleasure to introduce to you someone who has not only placed the issue of\nchildren's health at the top of our nation's agenda -- but who has worked tirelessly to keep it\nthere -- Secretary Shalala.\nMCD = No 10,000 Liners. Tray\nMarthc Attent:- Shon.\nMattel = Not Like\nGen'l Motors:-\ndents\nON\nPro\nINSURE KIDS NOW CAMPAIGN\nGen'l\nMills:\nDRAFT: FULL LIST OF ACTIVITIES NEW CMTMS\nFebruary 23, 1999\nGerber\nNike Jon Jene\nToday, the President and the First Lady, along with Governors Carper and Leavitt and Secretary\nShalala, launched the nationwide \"Insure Kids Now\" campaign that aims to enroll every eligible\nbut uninsured child in Medicaid and the new Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).\nAbout half of the 10 million uninsured children qualify for these programs but remain\nunenrolled. To ensure that families know that their children may be eligible, the President has\nengaged a broad-based, bipartisan, public-private coalition to use whatever means possible to\neducate and assist families in insuring their children. This includes launching a nationwide,\ntoll-free number set up by the National Governors' Association in partnership with White House\nand Bell Atlantic, that allows families to get essential information; airing public service\nannouncements on TV and radio; placing the toll-free number on corporate products; enlisting\ngrass-roots organizations to get the word out; and stepping up activities by over 10 Federal\nagencies that interact with working families. Altogether, these actions will make a major\ncontribution towards the President's goal of covering up to 5 million uninsured children.\nThe campaign has three components, all designed to educate families about the free or low cost\nhealth insurance options available through Medicaid and the new State CHIP programs: a new\ntelevision, radio, and print media campaign; new efforts by private corporations; and new efforts\nby non-profit corporations.\nLAUNCHING 1-877 KIDS NOW, A NEW NATIONAL NUMBER FOR KIDS HEALTH\nOUTREACH. Today, the President and First Lady launched 1-877 KIDS NOW, a new toll free\nnumber developed by the National Governors Association in partnership with Bell Atlantic and the\nAdministration that provides information on Medicaid and CHIP to families nationwide. This\nnumber will provide families in all 50 States with State specific information about Medicaid and\nCHIP. Families calling the line will speak with an eligibility counselor who can provide information\nabout eligibility criteria, benefits, and how to apply for coverage. Beginning in October, HHS will\nassume responsibility for this line.\nTHE NATIONAL MEDIA MAKES AN UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENT TO\nCHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE OUTREACH. Today, the President unveiled new efforts\nby national media organizations to provide families across the country with information about the\nimportance of health insurance and how to apply for Medicaid and CHIP, including:\nTELEVISION\nNBC to air PSA on children's health insurance. Beginning on February 24, \"The More You\nKnow\" will air a public service announcement to educate parents and families about free or low\ncost health insurance options for\n.\nThis PSA, using NBC stars S. Epatha Merkerson and\nBenjamin Bratt, provides information about the importance of health insurance for children and\nincludes the new toll-free number for children's health insurance outreach.\nABC to air a public service announcement featuring the new Insure Kids Now toll free number.\nBeginning on\n, ABC Television Network will air a public service announcement providing\nN\nparents and families with information about the importance of health insurance and promoting\nthe new toll-free number. This PSA will air during (prime-time?/throughout the day?) over the\nnext (a year/three months??).\nViacom/Paramountto # air a public service announcement featuring the new Insure Kids Now\ntoll free number. Beginning March 1st, Viacom/Paramount will air a public service\nN\nannouncement that provides parents and families with information about the importance of\nhealth insurance and promoting the new toll-free number. This PSA will air on 19 of their\nstations throughout the country during\nover the next\n.\nBlack Entertainment Television to air a public service announcement featuring the new\nInsure Kids Now toll free number. Beginning on\n, BET will air a public service\nannouncement that provides parents and families with information about the importance of\nN\nhealth insurance and promoting the new toll-free number. This PSA will air on 19 of their\nstations throughout the country during\nover the next\n.\nNational Association of Broadcasters to distribute a public service announcement featuring\nthe new Insure Kids Now toll free number. The National Association of Broadcasters, the\nnational trade association representing broadcast stations, will make the PSA available to all\ntheir member stations on Monday, February 22nd.\nUnivision to air Spanish language PSA. Beginning on February 23, Univision will run a\nSpanish language PSA developed by the Department of Health and Human Services. The\nPSA will air twice a day over the next six months, once during the day and once during prime\ntime. Univision is watched by 90 percent of Hispanic households over 18 million people.\nOver 25 percent of Hispanic children are uninsured.\nRADIO\nAiring radio ads in 45 States. Beginning on February 23, the Department of Health and\nHuman Services will fund radio ads to be aired in 45 States and the District of Columbia. In\neach State, the spots will run for 4 weeks (15 per week). The spots will run in groups of 10-11\nStates at a time, beginning with California, Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky,\nNorth Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maine.\nRadio Disney/ABC radio will run ads specialized for children in their 25 markets, and will\ndistribute the audio version of the PSA to all affiliate stations.\nM/videi.\n2\nwhen ? FL\nand FL\n?\nBW\nBonneville will run public service announcements from by General Powell and America's\nPromise will distribute these ads nationwide. (CK)\nAd Cancil agreed to\nCHIC, 21 SF , sucity DC\nPRINT MEDIA\ndistribute.\nUSA Today will run an editorial on the importance of children's health insurance. USA\nToday has agreed to do a editorial in their weekend edition on\non the importance\nBW\nof health insurance for children and the new options available to families through Medicaid\nand CHIP. The editorial will feature the new Insure Kids Now hotline number.\nPRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION'S\nNATIONAL EFFORT. Today, the First Lady and the President lauded the efforts of private\nsector companies to get the word out about the new free or low cost children's health insurance\noptions available to families across the nation. In addition, numerous groups representing health\ncare providers, volunteers, children's advocates, educators, child care providers, and religions come\nin contact with low-income and working families on a regular basis and can help educate them about\nMedicaid and CHIP. The following is a list of the new commitments:\nCORPORATIONS\nAmerican Medical Response will include the Insure Kids Now number beginning this on spring\non ambulances and other transport vehicles, such as school buses, which transport over\n2,000,000 students daily. In addition, beginning on\n, they will provide information on\nPEASUNE\nMedicaid and CHIP to communities in 36 States through\n(CK) 20000 employees\n36 States\nK-Mart Corporation will dedicate two columns on children's health insurance in the K-Mart\ncircular distributed to more than 70 million homes on\ncouplays\nCountry\nIn addition, beginning on\n,\nstores will have counter displays at 1,600 K-Mart pharmacies nationwide with brochures\npromoting Insure Kids Now. Beginning on\n, they will also put daily public service\nannouncements on K-Mart in-store radio network and put the Insure Kids Now number on all\nsept maid#\nK-Mart shopping bags. (Diapers and pharmaceutical bottles -- CK?)\nbags-sapt\nMarchofDimes CDF\ncolumns-june\nGeneral Motors will affix labels with the Insure Kids Now toll free number to\nchild\nsept\nsafety seats being donated to families in low-income communities across the country beginning\n#\non\n(La Raza -- CK)\nRalph's Grocery will place bag stuffers in shopping bags and to air public service\nBW\nannouncements in their in-store radio network to promote the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber beginning on\n.\na- Miths.\nKids Korner Gift Shops, owner of the 1-800-KIDS NOW and 888- KIDS NOW numbers,\nhas already fielded over 900 phone calls on behalf of the Insure Kids Now campaign and will\ncontinue to refer callers to the 1-877 KIDS NOW number. Kids Korner Gift Shops will also\n3\ninclude Insure Kids Now materials in packets sent to thousands of schools nationwide\nbeginning on\n.\nNeil Romano& Associates Inc. will work with CHIP corporate partners to produce a television\nPSA featuring the President, First Lady, or celebrity athlete to distribute on behalf of the\ncampaign, to millions of people across the country.\nHEALTH PROVIDERS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS\nPfizer Inc has agreed to incorporate the Insure Kids Now onto their patient/parent resource\npublication, mailings to their pediatricians, and in their Pharmacy Assistance Program beginning\non\n.\nIn addition, beginning on\n, Pfizer will distribute an outreach kit to 400\ncommunity health centers.\nBlue Cross & Blue Shield Association will begin to educate local physicians, hospitals and\nstate government partners about the new health insurance options for low income children on\nby\n.\nIn addition, beginning on\n, Blue Cross Blue Sheild's national\nBW\nassociation will produce and distribute a nationwide radio public service announcement\nnationwide as well as print advertorials on the Insure Kids Now campaign in Readers Digest and\nTime Magazine (CK).\nColumbus Children's Hospital [where is this] will place Medicaid/CHIP applications in the\nEmergency Room, the Outpatient Care Center, and community-based primary care sites along\nwith posters in busy hospital elevators beginning on\n.\nNational Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) will include the Insure Kids Now\nnumber and include outreach campaign materials with each prescription filled. Additionally,\nNACDS will display outreach posters and have brochures available in 30,000 chain pharmacies\nvisited by over 5 million people daily.\nNational Community Pharmacists Association will distribute information on the Insure Kids\nNow campaign to 50,000 pharmacists through their newsletter, journal, and satellite programs\nbeginning on\n.\nWyeth Lederle Vaccines will distribute handbooks including the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber and information on how to educate families about health insurance options for their\nchildren to 1500 local community based organizations and providers beginning on\n.\nAmerican Hospital Association will include materials on the Insure Kids Now campaign in\ntheir \"Campaign for Coverage\" information, will reach over 6 million uninsured people,\nbeginning on\n.\n4\nAmerican Dental Association (ADA) has mitted to host a conference in August\nto bring together dentists, state legislators, and health officials to work together to find\nsolutions to increasing access to children's oral health services. [DROP]\nAmerican Medical Association has agreed to promote the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber to the nation's 600,000 physicians in its weekly newspaper, the American\nMedical News, and by posting information on AMA's website.\nAmerican Dental Hygienists' Association, will include the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber on toothbrushes and on a tear out flyer in its Access magazine on\n,\nreaches 80,000 dental hygienists in each of the 50 states nationwide.\nAmerican College of Emergency Physicians has agreed to send information to 20,000\nmembers through their newsletter on\n, including how to download posters and\naccess outreach materials through the internet.\nAmerican College of Physicians / American Society for Internal Medicine will\nadvertise the Insure Kids Now toll free number through its national website, in its\nmonthly publication, the Observer, and in its bi-monthly legislative newsletter beginning\non\n.\nThese materials are distributed to 110,000 physicians.\nAmerican Medical Association will promote the Insure Kids Now toll free number to\nthe nation's 600,000 physicians in its weekly newspaper, the American Medical News,\nand by posting information on AMA's website.\nAmerican Nurses Association has committed to distribute\nposters and other\nmaterials to their\nState Associations, beginning on\nInformation will also\n.\nbe posted on their new web site.\nAmerican Psychiatric Association will develop a Medicaid/CHIP Tool Kit to educate\ndoctors and patients about Medicaid and CHIP programs for use by its 42,000 members\nnationwide.\nCOMMUNITY-BASED, CHILDRENS, AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS\nAmerica's Promise has committed its support for youth development programs\nworking with hundreds of communities to address the needs of youth. It is taking its\nprogram for kids to cities and towns throughout the nation. [WHAT IS THIS]\nAssociation of State and Territorial Health Officials will distribute outreach resource\npackets to publicize the Insure Kids Now toll free number to state health departments\nXXX\nleaders and staff in 57 states and territories.\n5\nCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities will provide outreach materials as well as\ntraining and technical assistance on effective outreach strategies to insure children\nnationwide beginning on\n[WHAT IS THIS]\nChildren's Health Fund will also disseminate information on the Insure Kids Now\ncampaign in 13 National Children's Health Project Network sites in 8 States across the\ncountry.\nHOPE for Kids has committed to make children's health insurance the primary focus\nof its national outreach event on April 17, 1999. Beginning on\n, it will also\nimplement efforts to educate 400,000 people in 38 States about Medicaid and CHIP.\nVeterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has committed to distributing information about\nCHIP through its network of posts, beginning on\n.\nlnow many\nVolunteers of America will make information on Medicaid and CHIP available tollow-\nhowany\nincome families through the distribution of outreach material to homeless shelters, low\nincome housing, and childcare centers beginning on\n.\nNeighborhood Networks Initiative CHIP Outreach Collaboration has agreed to\naddress the need for organized CHIP benefits at its centers. It is made up of nearly 100\nnational and state organizations whose purpose is to eliminate health and social\ndisparities. [??]\nemail\nCalifornia Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc, has agreed to include\nthe Insure Kids Now toll free number and campaign materials into their PTA newsletter\nsent to 6000 subscribers, the Convention Chronicle whichis sent to 4600 local PTA\ntop? victoria ovay\npresidents, and their Convention Program Books which are given to 5000 convention\ndelegates in California.\nCalifornia School Boards Association has agreed to have information about the Insure\nKids Now toll free number and the campaign in the packet of information they provide\nat the start of each school year to $7 million school children. In addition, it will\npromote the Insure Kids Now toll/iree number through statewide publications that will\nreach 1,000 school districts and more than 8000 individual school sites.\nChicago Public Schools will provide enrollment assistance at over 600 public schools\nand KidCare Kits including information on children's health insurance options to\n430,000 students beginning on\n.\nNational Child Care Association has agreed to distribute advertisements and posters\npromoting the Insure Kids Now toll free number to 700,000 parents through the network\nbeginning on\n.\n6\nNational Educational Association will provide information on the Insure Kids Now\ntoll free number to the presidents of their 14,000 local affiliates beginning on\n.\nIn addition, on\nNEA will feature article about CHIP in the organization's\nmagazine, distributed to 2.4 million educational employees [CK]\nMarch of Dimes will feature children's health insurance in a direct mail newsletter sent\nto 800,000 individual donors on\nand through local chapter and WalkAmerica\nnewsletters which are sent to an additional 500,000 volunteers and 20,000 corporate\nsupporters on\n.\nNETWORK, a\n, will advertise the Insure Kids Now toll free number in their\nrelig\nmagazine that reaches 10,000 people nationwide beginning on\n.\nmaureen/Neera\nlove\nUnited Way of America will enroll 500,000 eligible children in CHIP and will mobilize\nselect local United Ways (of which there are 1400 across the country) to partner with\nlocal organizations to coordinate training for outreach volunteers to pilot the program,\nthen expanding to approximately 30-50 communities across the country. reference in\ncooperation\nPoints of Light Foundation will publicize the Insure Kids Now toll free number by\nw\nproviding\nto over 20 million people through the \"Connect America\" initiative\nPO]\nbeginning on\n.\nInformation will also be provided to 450 communities and\n200 corporate members through the Volunteer Centers of the Points of Light Foundation\nbeginning on\nIn addition, over 2000 members will receive information on\nthe Insure Kids Now toll free number.\nRELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS\nUnion of American Hebrew Congregations will advertise CHIP and the Insure Kids\nNow toll free number to all 875 Reform Jewish Congregations across the nation through\n.\nCatholic Charities/USA will host 10 training events to help facilitate enrollment in\nMedicaid and other state insurance programs during 1999.\nNational Council of Churches of Christ will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber to their 33 member communions representing 52 million US Christians\nbeginning on\n.\nInternational Union of Gospel Missions will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber to their missions located in 260 cities where they serve over 7 million homeless\nand needy people beginning on\n7\nonebullet forothers\nUnited Synagogue of Conservative Judaism will publicize the Insure Kids Now toll\nfree number to their over 800 congregations across the country beginning on\n.\nNational Council of Catholic Women will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll free\nnumber in their monthly newsletter to 350 diocesan leaders and their May/June magazine\nto 11,000 nationwide.\nCouncil of Jewish Federations will promote the Insure Kids Now toll free number in\nservice settings across the country beginning on\n.\nNEW PRIVATE EFFORTS COMPLEMENT THE EXPANDING FEDERAL\nEFFORT. Today, the President and First Lady unveiled the new steps Federal agencies\nare taking to identify and enroll uninsured children in free or low cost health insurance.\nThese include:\nHHS: Launching the \"insurekidsnow.gov\" website for outreach. HHS has\ndeveloped a website bringing together essential State-specific information for people\nwho are potentially eligible to participate in the CHIP program, including contact\ninformation, benefits, and eligibility information in a user friendly format for families,\neducators, advocates and other non-health professionals. It will also provide information\non the Administration's public-private outreach campaign, including posters, hand-outs,\nand descriptions of the national effort.\nHHS: Distributing 145,000 posters advertising the toll free number to over 20,000\nFederal grantees and field offices beginning March 1. HHS developed posters\nadvertising the toll free number to be distributed to over 20,000 Federal grantees and\nfield offices as part of their new and ongoing efforts to educate parents, health care\nproviders, and other Federal employees about Medicaid and CHIP.\nHHS: Development of a kit to teach other agencies about how to explain kids'\nhealth outreach to their employees and clients. Today, HHS will distribute an\noutreach training kit has been prepared for to Federal workers from all Departments who\nwill participate in the \"Insure Kids Now\" campaign. The kit contains a presentation\noutline, posters, and materials that can be used as handouts.\nUSDA: Sending 92,000 employees information about outreach. On March 8, over\n92,000 USDA employees will receive information on CHIP with the national toll-free\nhotline number on their Wage and Earnings Statements.\nUSDA: Reaching uninsured children through the Women, Infant and Children\n(WIC) program. During February, over 115,000 Alabama WIC participants will\nreceive a CHIP outreach message with the Al-Kids toll-free hotline number on their WIC\n8\nfood instruments. In the near future, over 90,000 Oklahoma WIC applicants and\nparticipants will receive assistance in completing CHIP applications during their WIC\nvisit.\nJUSTICE: Distributing information through Operation Weed and Feed. The\nDepartment of Justice will work with Operation Weed and Feed, a crime prevention and\ncommunity revitalization initiative that brings together the United States Attorney and\n170 community leaders nationwide to distribute a letter with information on CHIP and\nMedicaid and posters advertising the new toll free number beginning in March of 1999.\nJUSTICE: Hands on involvement in communities nationwide. Beginning in March\nof 1999, the Department of Justice, together with the United Way and HOPE for Kids\n(a non-profit charitable organization), will hold community forums, distribute enrollment\ninformation, and provide application assistance to residents in 6 to 10 cities to identify\nand enroll uninsured children in Medicaid and CHIP.\nEPA: Distributing information on Medicaid and CHIP through the Child Health\nChampion Campaign. The Environmental Protection Agency will distribute\ninformation on Medicaid, CHIP, and the new toll free number for children's health\ninsurance outreach through the new Child Health Champion Campaign, which works\nwith 200 communities nationwide to protect children from environmental hazards by\nproviding information, technical assistance and other support. [WHEN]\n9\npress paper press paper\nMedia\nHHS\nBonneville\nUnivision\nABC\nNBC\nMegan Karin Patrice Bill white\nNeeva Barbara Elisa Jordan Tamagni\n105\nbrief maproomsoral\n130\ninvite time; recievingine OR Small\n2\nevent time\nmeet & greet Shalala, gov, CEOS, NBC/ABC\nList\n27 corporates\nwants to just leave spots\nNBC 6names; Neeva okayed to send\nover\nNeeva wasting on BET & Tumer Broadcating\ngovernors are being invited alone;\nstaff still an open question\nStage\n25creens\nFLOTUS PSA\nAd Council / HAS pay for it.\nseat NBC ( corporates together\nmember seating\nFLOTUS\nhas Shalala\nCampa Carper Leantt\nPOWS - show BA\nBrad on Bu to talk about heavitt's\nCaper Horbais m his remarks\nkias stage left in seats.\nPress\n2013 corporate folks in stoleout\nregional press too.\nVilstope novrin length wherecthey Coop\nhana Schwaitz\n12 noon fomorow\nis\nFEB-22-1999 10:52\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.03/24\nFebruary 23, 1999\nContact:\nHCFA Press Office\n(202) 690-6145\nTHE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)\nOverview: Proposed by President Clinton and passed as part of the historic,\nbipartisan Balanced Budget Act of 1997. the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).\nCHIP is the largest single expansion of health insurance coverage for children in more than 30\nyears. Today, nearly 11 million American children -- one in seven -- are uninsured. To reach\nthese children, many of whom come from working families with incomes too high to qualify for\nMedicaid but too low to afford private health insurance, this new initiative set aside $24 billion\nover five years for states to provide new health coverage for millions of children -- the largest\nchildren's health care investment since the creation of Medicaid in 1965. States will be able to\nuse part of their federal funds to expand outreach and ensure that all children eligible for\nMedicaid and the new CHIP program are enrolled. More than 4 million uninsured children\nare eligible but not signed up for Medicaid. To improve the health of our nation's children, the\nPresident has challenged the public and private sectors to work together to educate families\nand help them enroll their children in Medicaid or CHIP.\nThe initiative is a partnership between the federal and state governments that will help\nprovide children with the health coverage they need to grow up healthy and strong. At\nPresident Clinton's insistence, the CHIP program requires that states use this new money to\ncover uninsured children and not replace existing health coverage. The program also\nincludes important cost-sharing protections so that families will not be burdened with heavy\nout-of-pocket expenses.\nFunds for the program became available to the states on October 1, 1997, and HHS is\nworking closely with states to approve plans in accordance with the new law. States can\nreceive federal matching funds only for actual expenditures to insure children.\nMost state CHIP plans have been approved. Since the program was created on\nOctober I, 1997, 53 states and territories have submitted CHIP plans for approval by the\nDepartment of Health and Human Services. CHIP plans have been approved for 50 states and\nterritories: Alabama, Colorado, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, California, New York, Illinois,\nMichigan, Connecticut, New Jersey, Missouri, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Massachusetts,\nPennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon, Texas, Idaho, Puerto Rico, Indiana, Utah, North Carolina,\nMinnesota, Maryland, Arkansas, Nebraska, Maine, Nevada, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas,\nDelaware. Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, West Virginia, the Virgin Islands, the District\nof Columbia, Arizona, North Dakota, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alaska,\nVermont, New Mexico, and Hawaii. In addition, 11 states have submitted and had amendments\napproved to expand their CHIP plans. The following state plans have been submitted:\nTennessee, Guam, and American Samoa. According to states' estimates, more than 2.5 million\nchildren will be covered when these CHIP plans are fully implemented.\nFEB-22-1999 10:52\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.04/24\n- 2 -\nEXPANDING CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH COVERAGE\nThe federal-state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), created under the new Title XXI of\nthe Social Security Act, will expand health coverage to uninsured children whose families earn too\nmuch for Medicaid but too little to afford private coverage. It builds on Medicaid, the federal-state\nhealth insurance program that covers approximately 36 million low-income individuals, including 18\nmillion children. Because Medicaid allows states flexibility in determining eligibility, states\ncurrently cover children whose family incomes range generally from below the federal poverty level\nto as high as 300 percent of poverty. (Note: One State, Tennessee, has no upper income cap.) The\nmajority of states cover children in families between 100 and 150 percent of the federal poverty level\n(FPL). In the new CHIP program, states may either cover children in families whose incomes are\nabove the Medicaid eligibility threshold but less than 200 percent of poverty, or within 50 percentage\npoints over the state's current Medicaid income limit for children.\nEnsuring Meaningful Health Benefits. Under the new program, states have flexibility in targeting\neligible uninsured children. States may choose to expand their Medicaid programs, design new child\nhealth insurance programs, or create a combination of both. States choosing a new children's health\ninsurance program may offer one of the following benchmark plans: the standard Blue Cross/Blue\nShield Preferred Provider Option offered by the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program; a health\nbenefit plan offered by the state to its employees; or the HMO benefit plan with the largest\ncommercial enrollment in the state. A state may also choose to offer the \"equivalent\" of one of the\nbenchmark plans. If a state chooses this option, its plan's value must be at least equal to the\nbenchmark plan's and it must include: inpatient and outpatient hospital services; physicians' surgical\nand medical services; laboratory and X-ray services; and, well baby/child care services, including\nimmunizations. In addition, if the plan a state chooses as its benchmark includes coverage for\nprescription drugs, mental health services, vision care, and hearing-related expenses, the state's\n\"equivalent\" plan must include similar benefits. Under the law, New York, Pennsylvania and\nFlorida can continue to offer their current benefit arrangements (with some modifications to comply\nwith the law's cost-sharing protections). States choosing the Medicaid option will offer Medicaid\nbenefits for children.\nLimiting Patient Costs. Patient out-of-pocket costs for this program are allowed but are limited. If\na state expands its Medicaid program, then existing Medicaid limits apply to the newly enrolled\nchildren. If a new health plan is developed, premiums for families whose income is under 150\npercent of the poverty level cannot exceed $19 per family per month and copayments must be\nX\nnominal. Cost sharing is not permitted for well-child, well-baby visits. For families with incomes\nabove 150 percent of poverty, cost-sharing must be based on an income-related sliding scale with an\nannual total for all children not to exceed five percent of the family's income.\nPreventing Cost Shifting. To prevent states from shifting children from the traditional Medicaid\nprogram to this new program, states must not tighten the Medicaid eligibility standards for children\nthat were in place on March 31, 1997. In addition, states must enroll all children who meet Medicaid\neligibility rules in the Medicaid program not in the new CHIP plan. All states must design their\nprograms to prevent private cost shifting as well. In their child health plans, states will describe\nmethods they will use to prevent \"crowd out\" or the shifting of children from private insurance to\nCHIP.\nFEB-22-1999 10:53\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.05/24\n3 -\nACCESSING FEDERAL FUNDING\nUnder the new law, states are eligible to receive an enhanced federal matching rate drawn from an\n\"allotment\" for state programs approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that expand\naccess to targeted, low-income children under the new CHIP program. Funds will be allocated to\neach participating state according to their number of uninsured low-income children, accounting for\nregional cost differences. Available state allocations for FY 1998, which were published in the\nFederal Register in September 1997, ranged from $3.5 million for Vermont's relatively small\npopulation to a high of $855 million for California. States may use up to 10 percent of the CHIP\nbenefit expenditures for outreach, services other than the standard benefit package for eligible\nchildren, and administrative costs. To access the FY 1998 allocation, states must have their CHIP\nplans approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by Sept. 30, 1999. The FY 1999\nbudget includes $4.275 billion for FY 1999 state allotments. Allocations for FY 1999 funds were\nannounced in February 1999 and are similar to the amounts for FY 1998.\nensustates\nThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working closely with states to design CHIP\nplans that meet the requirements of the new law. HHS has written to each state outlining the new\nprogram, and has published a list of the state allotments; a preliminary check-list of information\nstates must submit to HHS when applying for their allotments; and answers to the most commonly\nasked questions from states about how to develop their children's health insurance programs. The\ndepartment works with states to expedite the development and implementation of state CHIP plans.\nEXPANDING OUTREACH\nThe Clinton Administration has made significant efforts to reach out to families whose children qualify\nfor CHIP. These efforts include:\nThe Announcement of an Historic Private Sector Commitment to Provide Outreach. On\nFebruary 23, 1999, the President announced unprecedented new contributions from the private sector\nto help ensure that all children who are eligible for health insurance receive it, including:\nA new toll-free number, 877-KIDS-NOW, that directs families around the nation to their\nstate enrollment centers. The President announced that the National Governors' Association\nwith a grant from Bell Atlantic has established a national toll-free number to help states reach\nuninsured children. The number, 877-KIDS-NOW will automatically direct callers to their\nstate's enrollment agency.\nA national radio advertising campaign to promote the Insure Kids Now Campaign. HHS is\nsponsoring a national radio advertising campaign to promote the 877-KIDS-NOW toll-free\nnumber and to complement states' outreach efforts. The campaign The HHS radio campaign\nincludes a four-week paid radio campaign and public service announcements to be distributed\nthroughout each state.\nThe first phase of the radio advertising campaign included eight states and began on November\n9, 1998. The second phase began February 23, 1999 and will run through March 19 in 11 states.\nSubsequent phases will continue through May, eventually reaching 44 states.\nFEB-22-1999 10:53\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.06/24\n4 -\n$45 million in commitments from private foundations across the country. The Robert Wood\nJohnson Foundation will spend $45 million over the next 3 years, to fund innovative state-local\ncoalitions to design and conduct outreach initiatives, simplify enrollment processes, and\ncoordinate existing coverage programs. The Kaiser Family Foundation will spend up to $10\nmillion over the next 5 years on studies to help understand why eligible children do not enroll in\nexisting programs and how best to provide insurance coverage for these children. America's\nPromise, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in collaboration with the\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics, will mobilize corporations such as SmithKline Beecham and\nSchering Plough and local communities nationwide in children's health outreach efforts.\nNew initiatives from corporate and advocacy organizations to reach out to uninsured\nchildren. Procter and Gamble, the manufacturer of Pampers diapers, has volunteered to include\na letter in its child birth education packages, given to 90 percent of first-time mothers, providing\nfamilies information about available health insurance options. Grocery stores and chain drug\nstores across the country will provide information about the new toll-free number to their\ncustomers. The National Education Association will launch an unprecedented effort to educate\nteachers on how they can inform children and their families about health insurance, through\nnational newsletters, conferences, and special training sessions. The American Hospital\nAssociation's Campaign for Coverage will increase its nationwide initiative to engage hospitals\nin helping uninsured Americans, including children.\nNew Presidential Directive to Launch a Government-Wide Effort to Enroll Uninsured\nChildren. As the first step in his public-private children's health outreach campaign, the President\ndirected executive departments to commit to enrolling uninsured children in State health insurance\nprograms. In response, eight Federal agencies developed plans in three areas: how to educate their\nworkforce; how this workforce can help educate families about State health insurance programs; and\nhow to coordinate cross-agency and public-private efforts to identify and enroll children in these\nprograms. In June of 1998, this Federal Interagency Task Force on Children's Health Insurance\nOutreach prepared a report to the President, outlining activities that Federal agencies would\nundertake to identify and help to enroll in children in Medicaid or other health insurance programs\nprior to June, 1999. The President charged the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human\nServices with oversight of the implementation of this outreach initiative.\nSince then, each of the eight departments has been actively engaged in the outreach activities they\nidentified in this report. For example, the Department of Agriculture has widely distributed CHIP\ninformation to WIC programs in states. In Virginia, the WIC Program has distributed 100,000 CHIP\nbrochures and applications to WIC participants during clinic visits. HUD- sponsored Neighborhood\nNetworks centers, which provide computer training at no cost to residents of more than 400 HUD-\nassisted multifamily housing developments, have started serving as an access point to download\nFederal and State information about Medicaid and CHIP.\nSupporting the Insure Kids Now Campaign. The committee prepared an outreach training kit\nfor use by workers from all federal departments that will participate in Insure Kids Now\ncampaign, in concert with the national toll-free number for children's health insurance outreach.\nThe kit contains a presentation outline, posters, and materials that can be used as handouts. In\naddition, federal departments have promised to distribute more than 140,000 outreach posters to\ntheir grantees, field offices, and human services agencies.\nFEB-22-1999 10:54\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.07/24\n5 -\nBUILDING ON PREVIOUS CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS\nSince 1993, HHS has approved Medicaid waivers for 18 states for comprehensive health care reform\nprojects that have allowed states to control costs and expand coverage. In addition, HHS has\napproved requests from 19 states for Medicaid waivers as part of larger welfare reform projects, as\nwell as 25 local Medicaid demonstration projects. When fully implemented, these demonstration\nprojects will extend health coverage to 2.2 million parents and children who otherwise would be\nuninsured.\nPresident Clinton also signed into law the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of\n1996, creating important new protections for an estimated 25 million Americans (approximately 1 in\n10) who move from one job to another, who are self-employed, or who have pre-existing medical\nconditions.\nCHIP also builds on the Clinton Administration's long standing commitment to improving health\ncare for children. The President has issued guidelines to eliminate easy access to tobacco products\nand to prohibit companies from advertising tobacco to kids. He also recently announced that in\n1996, over 90 percent of America's toddlers received the most critical doses of each of the routinely\nrecommended vaccines surpassing the goal he set in 1993. And, the FDA recently released a rule\nthat requires manufacturers to do studies on pediatric populations for new prescription drugs as well\nas those currently on the market.\nCombined, this administration's efforts will help assure that children get the healthy start they need\nto live long and productive lives.\nSTATE CHIP PROGRAMS\nDescriptions of approved state CHIP programs follow:\nAlabama\nAlabama could receive as much as $85 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The\nstate is implementing its CHIP plan in two phases. The first phase expanded Medicaid eligibility to\nuninsured children under 19 years of age whose family incomes do not exceed 100 percent of the\nfederal poverty level(FPL). The AL-Kids program, the second phase, is a separate state children's health\ninsurance program that will expand coverage to children up to age 19 whose family income is between\n100 and 200 percent of the FPL. AL-KIDS offers coverage comparable to the HMO with the largest\ninsured commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment in the state. With both phases, Alabama expects to insure\n36,000 children by September 1999. Alabama will hire extra outreach workers to increase the number of\nchildren located and enrolled in Medicaid. Information on the new program will be advertised through\nnewspapers, public service announcements and through the school system. Alabama was the first state\napproved on January 30, 1998 and its amendment was approved August 18, 1998.\nAlaska\nAlaska could receive as much as $6.8 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. Alaska\nwill use its CHIP allocation to expand its Medicaid program. Currently, the state covers children to age\nFEB-22-1999 10:54\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157 P.08/24\n- 6\n1 in families with incomes up to 185 percent of the FPL, children 1-6 in families with incomes up to 133\npercent of poverty, and children ages 6-19 in families with incomes up to 100 percent of poverty. The\nstate will use its Title XXI funds to expand Medicaid coverage to children in families with incomes up\nto 200 percent of the FPL. Eligible children will receive the full Medicaid benefit package and there are\nno cost sharing requirements. To reach eligible children, the state will work with local governments,\nschools, health care providers, tribal entities, and non-profit corporations serving children. The state\nplans to implement expanded eligibility on March 1, 1999 and it expects to enroll 4,900 children by\nOctober 2000. Alaska's plan was approved December 11, 1998.\nArizona\nArizona could receive as much as $116 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nArizona will use its CHIP allocation to create, KidsCare, a new health insurance program which will\ncover children from birth through age 15. Income eligibility will increase over time, beginning at 150\npercent of the FPL and rising to 175 percent on July 1, 1999, then to 200 percent from 2000 through\n2007. The state expects to insure nearly 50,000 children by September 2000. Enrollees will receive\ncoverage through established Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System plans and state employee\nhealth maintenance organizations that elect to participate in the program. American Indians may choose\nto receive services through the Indian Health Service as well. Participants will pay a $5 copayment for\nnon-emergency use of the emergency room. To assist with outreach, the state has created an Outreach\nCoordinator position and has sent applications to organizations that serve low-income children. Arizona\nwas approved on September 18, 1998.\nArkansas\nArkansas could receive as much as $47 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The\nstate will use its CHIP allocation to expand Medicaid coverage to nearly 3,600 children who would\notherwise not have health insurance. It will cover children born after September 30, 1982 and prior to\nOctober 1, 1983 whose family income is at or below 100 percent of the FPL. Arkansas is currently\nconsidering how to structure the second phase of its Title XXI program to cover even more children.\nThe state currently has a Medicaid section 1115 waiver, ARKids First, that serves children through age\n18 with family incomes up to 200 percent of poverty. Outreach activities will include radio and TV ads,\na direct mail campaign, a toll-free number, and print advertising. Arkansas was approved on August 6,\n1998.\nCalifornia\nCalifornia could receive as much as $855 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The\nstate will expand its Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, by implementing an income disregard and\nby making children under age 19 eligible if they have family incomes at or below 100 percent of the\nfederal poverty level. The state will also expand its current state program, known as Access for Infants\nand Mothers (AIM), which will cover infants up to age 1 from 200 percent to 250 percent of poverty.\nThrough CHIP, California will also expand its Healthy Families program, which will provide coverage\nfor children age 1-19 with family incomes from 100 percent to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.\nCalifornia insuring 500,000 children by the end of FY 1998. As part of its outreach efforts, California\nwill subcontract for a media campaign with private and community based organizations, health brokers\nand insurance agents to directly identify and assist potential enrollees in filling out the joint application\nFEB-22-1999 10:54\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.09/24\n- 7 -\nform for the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families program. In addition, California will conduct a provider\neducation campaign to support its outreach effort. California was approved on March 24, 1998.\nColorado\nColorado could receive up to $42 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The state\nwill expand children's access to health coverage by building on its own Colorado Child Health Plan. The\nstate expects to cover a total of 23,000 children under this non-Medicaid managed care plan by the third\nyear. The benefit package will include services such as hospital and emergency room transport, inpatient\nservices, medical office visits, and prescription drugs. Coverage will be provided to children from birth\nthrough age 17 for families whose income is at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. The\nstate will publicize the program through press releases, public service announcements, schools,\nemployers, county agencies and regional and social agencies. Colorado was approved on February 18,\n1998.\nConnecticut\nConnecticut could receive approximately $35 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan,\nwhich state officials will use to insure as many as 15,000 new children by June of 2000. The state will\nuse its new allocation to both expand its Medicaid population and create a new program based on the\nstate employee's health plan. Under the state's HUSKY program, Medicaid eligibility will be expanded\nto include children ages 14 through 18 with household incomes of up to 185 percent of the federal\npoverty level. Previously, the Medicaid program only covered children up to age 13 in families with\nincomes up to 185 percent of poverty. The state estimates that an additional 14,400 children will be\nadded to the Medicaid program. The new health insurance program, Part B of HUSKY, will be targeted\ntoward children up to age 18 in families with incomes up to 235 percent of poverty. The state will apply\nan income disregard - setting aside certain types of income the family may have - effectively bringing\ncoverage to 300 percent of poverty. Before income disregards are applied, HUSKY Part B will charge\nfamilies with incomes above 235 percent of poverty premiums of $30 per child, with an upper limit of\n$50 per family. Children with special physical and behavioral health needs will receive those services\nunder a special third part of the program, HUSKY Plus. Outreach for the state will include radio and TV\nads, a direct mail campaign, brochures/flyers, video, a toll-free number, web sites and state presentations\nand mail-in applications. Connecticut was approved on April 27, 1998.\nDelaware\nDelaware could receive as much as $8 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nDelaware will use its CHIP allotment to create a separate state children's health insurance plan which\ntargets children under age 19 whose family incomes are less than 200 percent of the FPL. Coverage will\nbe provided through the state employee health plan and will include pharmacy services, mental health\nand substance abuse care. Monthly premiums will be charged on a sliding scale based on income.\nDelaware officials estimate they will insure about 10,500 children by October 1999. Delaware's plan\nwas approved on September 1, 1998.\nDistrict of Columbia\nThe District of Columbia could receive as much as $12 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its\nCHIP plan. The District plans to expand its Medicaid program to children from birth to age 19 whose\nFEB-22-1999 10:55\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157 P. 10/24\n- 8 -\nfamily income is less than 200 percent of the FPL. Enrollees will receive the regular Medicaid benefits\npackage and there will be no cost sharing for families. The District anticipates enrolling nearly 8,400\nchildren in its program, which will be called Healthy DC Kids. As part of its outreach efforts, the\nDistrict will set up a telephone hotline to handle inquiries and has created a single, two-page, mail-in\napplication for both Medicaid and CHIP. The District of Columbia's CHIP plan was approved\nSeptember 17, 1998.\nFlorida\nFlorida could receive as much as $270 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. Phase\nOne of Florida's new CHIP plan expanded Medicaid eligibility to children in families earning up to 100\npercent of the FPL and expanded Florida's Healthy Kids program, a comprehensive program that was\npiloted in 20 counties, to additional counties. Phase Two will create the Florida KidCare Program which\nconsists of: expanding the Healthy Kids program on a state-wide basis and expanding eligibility for the\nprogram to children through age 18 in families with incomes up to 200 percent of FPL; creating the\nMediKids program to provide coverage for children up to age 5; creating the Children's Medical\nServices Network for children up to 18 with special needs; and expanding Medicaid to cover children\nages 15 - 19 to 100 percent of FPL. The state plans to simplify is enrollment form and enrollment\nprocess and is developing an outreach strategy. State officials hope to enroll 175,000 children in the\ncombined Florida Kidcare program by July 1, 1999. Florida received its plan approval on March 5,\n1998, and its amendment approval on September 8, 1998.\nGeorgia\nGeorgia could receive as much as $125 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nGeorgia will create a separate insurance program for children from age 0-18 whose families have\nincomes of less than 200 percent of poverty and who are not eligible for Medicaid. Enrollees will receive\nbenefits comparable to the current Medicaid package. There is no cost sharing for children under age 6;\nfor children over age 6 there is a monthly premium of $7.50 for one child and $15 for two or more\nchildren. The state expects to insure 58,000 children by FY 2000. Georgia's plan was approved\nSeptember 3, 1998.\nHawaii\nHawaii could receive as much as $9 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The state\nwill use its CHIP allotment to expand Medicaid to cover children between ages 1 and 6 with incomes up\nto 185 percent of the FPL. Enrollees will receive the state's Medicaid benefit package and there will be\nno out-of-pocket costs to families participating in the program. Hawaii's CHIP plan builds on its\nMedicaid demonstration program - QUEST - which is attempting to provide universal coverage for\nresidents who are not covered under the state's mandatory employer-sponsored insurance program.\nHawaii will launch its CHIP plan in January 2000 and it plans to submit amendments to expand the\nprogram to more children. For outreach activities, the state will collaborate with schools to provide\nMedicaid and CHIP information. Hawaii will also distribute Medicaid and CHIP information through\nhealth care providers, the unemployment office, the Office of Youth Services, places of worship, and\nactivity-based organizations such as sports, scouts, and schools of Hula. In addition, the State will\nestablish a toll-free information line, a web site, and a media campaign on the Medicaid/CHIP program.\nHawaii expects to insure nearly 500 children by September 30, 2000. Its plan was approved January 19,\n1999.\nFEB-22-1999 10:55\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.11/24\n-9-\nIdaho\nIdaho could receive as much as $15.8 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan, which\nstate officials will use to insure nearly 5,000 children. Idaho will use its new CHIP allocation to expand\nMedicaid eligibility to children up to age 19 in families with incomes up to 160 percent of the federal\npoverty level. Due to state legislation, the income threshold will be 150 percent of the federal poverty\nlevel effective, July 1, 1998. The state has formed a task force to study ways of further expanding\nIdaho's CHIP program. Children in the Medicaid expansion will receive the state's standard Medicaid\nbenefit package, which includes inpatient and outpatient hospital services, inpatient psychiatric care,\nphysician services, dental services, home health services, lab services, and prescription drugs. Outreach\nactivities include mailing postcards to potential enrollees describing Title XXI. The mailing list is\ncomprised of families who have lost cash assistance between April and December 1997. Idaho was\napproved on June 15, 1998.\nIllinois\nIllinois could receive as much as $123 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan, which\nstate officials will use to insure 40,000 additional children within the next three years. With its new\nCHIP allotment, Illinois will expand Medicaid eligibility for children up to age 19 whose families have\nincomes at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Prior to the CHIP expansion, the income\nlevel for Medicaid eligibility varied based on the age of the child. Under the new program, income\nthresholds have been equalized. State outreach efforts will include reviewing automated records to\nidentify eligible participants followed by the notification of those individuals. In addition, the Illinois\nDepartment of Public Aid will send a notice to all non-assistance Child Support families informing them\nof the program and of locations where families can go to enroll their children. Illinois was approved on\nApril 1, 1998.\nIndiana\nUnder the CHIP program, Indiana could receive as much as $70.5 million for both FY 1998 and FY\n1999 for its CHIP plan. Indiana will use its new allocation to expand its Medicaid program and estimate\nthat they will insure as many as 58,000 more children by the year 2000. The program will expand\neligibility to children up to age 19 in families with incomes up to 150 percent of the federal poverty\nlevel, and the state has formed a task force to study ways to further expand its CHIP program. Children\nin the Medicaid expansion population will receive the state's standard Medicaid benefit package, which\nincludes inpatient and outpatient hospital services, inpatient psychiatric care, physician services, dental\nservices, home health care, lab services and prescription drugs. To raise awareness about the program,\nthe state will launch a media campaign and conduct outreach through state and local government\nagencies and community organizations. Indiana's CHIP plan was approved on June 26, 1998.\nIowa\nIowa could receive as much as $32 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. Iowa will\nuse its new CHIP allocation to expand Medicaid by raising income eligibility in several different age\ncategories. The Medicaid expansion will allow children from age 6 - 18 in families whose incomes are\nup to 133 percent of FPL to enroll. The state's current Medicaid program covers infants up to one year\nof age whose families have incomes of up to 185 percent of FPL. The benefit package for CHIP will be\n410 205 5157\nP.12/24\nFEB-22-1999 10:56\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n- 10\nthe same as the current Medicaid package and the state will contract an organization to run an outreach\nprogram. This outreach program will work with community and statewide organizations including\nprovider associations, advocacy groups, Native American Tribal Councils, and refugee resettlement\nprograms. Officials expect to insure 16,000 children by June 30, 1999. Iowa's plan was approved\nSeptember 1, 1998.\nKansas\nKansas could receive as much as $30 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. With its\nnew CHIP allotment, Kansas will create a separate insurance program called Health Wave for children\nthrough age 18 whose families have incomes of less than 200 percent of the FPL. The benefit package\nfor children enrolled in CHIP will be the same as offered to as state employees. Families with incomes\nabove 150 percent of FPL must pay a monthly premium. Families with income between 151 and 175\npercent of poverty will pay $10 per month per family, and families between 176 and 200 percent of\npoverty will pay $15 per month per family. The state will target low-income children for outreach\nthrough the public schools and will offer a toll free number to access enrollment information. Kansas\nhopes to enroll 30,000 children by December 31, 1999. Kansas' plan was approved on September 1.\n1998.\nKentucky\nKentucky could receive as much 25 $49.9 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nKentucky will use its allotment to both expand its Medicaid program and launch a separate insurance\nprogram called K-CHIP. Children ages 14-18 who are in families with incomes up to 100 percent of the\nFPL will be enrolled in CHIP as a Medicaid expansion. Children through age-18 in families with\nincomes up to 200 percent of the FPL, and who are not eligible for Medicaid, will be enrolled in K-\nCHIP. The K-CHIP benefit plan will be a benchmark equivalent to the Standard High Option HMO\nplan for state employees. Benefits will also include all basic services such as inpatient and outpatient\nhospital services, physicians' surgical and medical services; laboratory and x-ray services, and well-baby\nand well-child care. There is some cost sharing, but costs will not exclude 5 percent of family income.\nFamilies with incomes between 100 and 133 percent of the FPL will pay a $10 premium for a six-month\nperiod. Families with incomes between 134 and 149 percent of the FPL will pay a maximum premium\nof $20 for a six-month period. Families with incomes between 150 and 200 percent of the FPL will pay\na maximum of $120 for a six-month period, and payments can be made at $20 each month or $60 per\nquarter. To reach eligible children, the state will conduct a media campaign and outreach activities at\nschools, clinics, community centers, health fairs, health departments, and housing projects. Kentucky\nexpects to enroll nearly 50,000 children by June 2000. Kentucky's plan was approved November 25,\n1998.\nLouisiana\nLouisiana could receive as much as $102 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. The\nstate will use its allotment to expand Medicaid to children ages 6 through 18 whose family income is at\nor below 100 percent of the Federal poverty level. The benefit package will be the regular state Medicaid\nprogram and there will be no cost sharing for families. The state plans to launch a large outreach\ncampaign to educate potential CHIP enrollecs. The campaign will include media advertising and mailing\nto specific target audience groups, including low income working parents, current and former recipients\nof Families Independence-Temporary Assistance Program, children with special needs, Native\nFEB-22-1999 10:56\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.13/24\n- 11 -\nAmericans, and migrant children. Louisiana estimates it will enroll more than 28,000 children by the end\nof September 2000. Louisiana's plan was approved October 20, 1998.\nMaine\nMaine could receive as much as $12 million in federal funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its\nCHIP plan. The state will use its new funds to expand coverage to 10,400 children by July 2000 by\ncombining both a Medicaid expansion and a statewide children's health insurance program, Cub Care.\nThrough CHIP, Maine will expand coverage to children through age 18 with family incomes up to 185\npercent of the federal poverty level. The Medicaid expansion will cover children aged one through 18 in\nfamilies with incomes up to 150 percent of poverty. The Cub Care program will cover children in\nfamilies with incomes from 151-185 percent of poverty. State outreach efforts will include a targeted\nmedia and direct mail campaign. Maine was approved on August 7, 1998.\nMaryland\nMaryland could receive as much as $62 million in federal CHIP funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999\nfor its CHIP plan. Maryland will expand its Medicaid program with its new CHIP allotment to an\nestimated 15,500 uninsured children. Under the CHIP plan, children between birth and age 19 whose\nfamily incomes are below 200 percent of poverty will receive coverage. Children covered by CHIP will\nreceive the Medicaid benefits package. To reach families who might be eligible for CHIP, the state will\nlaunch a grassroots information dissemination campaign involving state agencies, advocacy and\ncommunity groups and provider organizations. In addition, the state will launch a public media and\nadvertising campaign to include television, radio, mass transit, and newspaper advertising. Maryland\nwas approved July 31, 1998.\nMassachusetts\nMassachusetts could receive as much as $43 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan,\nwhich state officials will use to expand the state Medicaid program and create a separate Family\nAssistance Plan. With its federal allotment, the state hopes to bring annual enrollment in the program to\n37,000 children. Massachusetts will provide the state's regular Medicaid benefit package to newly-\nenrolled children. The eligibility level for Medicaid will be increased from the current 133 percent of\nFPL to children in families with incomes of up to 150 percent of poverty. The state will also use its\nCHIP funds to create the Family Assistance Plan for children with family incomes between 150 and 200\npercent of poverty. Uninsured children with family incomes over 150 percent of poverty will be eligible\nfor either a \"direct coverage option\" or for financial assistance for families to purchase dependent\ncoverage through their employers, the so-called \"premium assistance option.\" The Family Assistance\nProgram will provide coverage equivalent to the insurance plan offered to federal employees in the state.\nThese families will pay a monthly premium of $10 per child with a family maximum of $30 per month.\nProposed outreach includes school-based campaigns, distribution of promotional materials, and giving\nmini-grants to community organizations to help locate hard-to-find potentially eligible children.\nMassachusetts was approved on May 29, 1998.\nMichigan\nMichigan could receive as much as $92 million in federal funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its\nCHIP plan, which state officials will use to insure as many as 133,000 new children by September 2000.\nFEB-22-1999 10:57\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.14/24\n12\nThe state will use its new allocation to implement MIChild. The program will provide comprehensive\nhealth care coverage to all children under age 19 whose families have incomes at or below 200 percent\nof the federal poverty level. The benefit package will mirror the state employees' plan and will be\nadministered by multiple managed care providers. MIChild will not impose co-payments on families\nwith incomes at or below 150 percent of poverty. Some co-payments will apply for families between\n151-200 percent of poverty. The state's outreach efforts will include demographically-targeted media\ncampaigns and coordination with relevant community programs and agencies. Michigan's plan was\napproved on April 7, 1998.\nMinnesota\nMinnesota has been among the most progressive states in the nation in providing health insurance\ncoverage for children and families. The approval of Minnesota's plan enables the state to lay the\ngroundwork for its CHIP program and to secure its CHIP allotment, which could be as much as $28\nmillion for both FY 1998 and FY 1999. Minnesota currently covers approximately 50,000 children who\nwould otherwise be uninsured. The state has accomplished this through a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver\namendment, granted in 1995. The MinnesotaCare program provides health coverage to pregnant women\nand children with family incomes up to 275 percent of the federal poverty level. Minnesota's plan was\napproved July 17, 1998.\nMississippi\nMississippi could receive as much as $56 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nMississippi will expand Medicaid to cover children ages 15 through 18 in families with incomes up to\n100 percent of the federal poverty level. The state estimates it will enroll 7,500 children by the end of\nFY 1999 and 12,000 children by the end of FY 2000. Recipients will received the regular Medicaid\nbenefit package and there are no cost sharing requirements. Mississippi also expanded its CHIP plan\nwith an amendment that will create a new state health insurance program to cover children up to age 19\nin families with incomes between 100 and 133 percent of the federal poverty level. The benefit package\nfor the new separate program will be equivalent to that offered to state employees, with the addition of\nvision, hearing and dental services. There will be no family cost-sharing requirement. As part of an\noutreach plan, Mississippi will develop a broad based media campaign that will include television, radio\nand print advertisements. In addition, it will provide information to community health care providers,\nhospitals; health clinics, Indian reservations and schools. Mississippi's plan was approved October 26,\n1998 and its amendment was approved February 10, 1998.\nMissouri\nMissouri could receive as much as $52 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan, which\nstate officials will use to insure as many as 90,000 new children by June 30, 1999. Missouri will use its\nnew allocation to expand insurance coverage to children within the state's existing Medicaid managed\ncare program, known as MC+. The program will expand eligibility to children in families with incomes\nup to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Missouri's statewide health care reform demonstration\nplan was approved through a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver. It will allow the state to slightly alter the\nMedicaid benefit package and also enroll the CHIP children in Medicaid after the state's CHIP funds are\nexhausted. This Medicaid waiver will also provide coverage for certain adults, including working\nparents leaving welfare and mothers who otherwise would have lost their Medicaid following childbirth.\nOutreach efforts will be coordinated at state offices in every county. Free materials will also be\nFEB-22-1999 10:57\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157 P.15/24\n- 13 -\navailable and distributed to other entities such as social welfare organizations, schools and health care\nproviders. Missouri's plan was approved on April 28, 1998.\nMontana\nMontana could receive as much as $9 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nMontana expects to insure 9,000 children by June 2000 by creating a statewide children's health\ninsurance program. Children under age 19 whose families have incomes of less than 150 percent of\npoverty will qualify for the Montana CHIP plan. The benefits package will mirror the state employee\nhealth plan, including prescription drugs, emergency room services, and mental health and substance\nabuse treatment services. For families with incomes at or above 100 percent of poverty, the state will\ncharge an annual enrollment fee of $12 for one child and $15 for families with two or more children\nenrolled. Copayments for some services will be charged for families whose income is above 100 percent\nof FPL. Copayments will be capped at $200 per family per year. Montana's plan was approved\nSeptember 11, 1998.\nNebraska\nNebraska could receive approximately $15 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nThe first phase, Kids Connection Phase I, expanded Medicaid coverage to children age 15 through 18\nwhose family income is at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Enrollees in Phase 1\nreceived the state's regular Medicaid benefit package. Kids Connection Phase 1 was expected to enroll\nabout 1,000 children. The amendment, Kids Connection Phase II, expanded Medicaid eligibility to\nchildren under age 19 whose family incomes are up to 185 percent of the Federal poverty level. Kids\nConnection II is expected to reach 16,000 children by October 2000. To encourage enrollment, the state\nwill work with advocacy agencies in disseminating information as well as distribute pamphlets and\nbrochures. Neither phase has cost-sharing for enrollees. The state's original plan was approved August\n7, 1998, and an amendment was approved October 13, 1998.\nNevada\nNevada could receive as much as $30 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan. With its\nnew CHIP allotment, the state will create, Nevada Check Up, a statewide health insurance program\nwhich will provide coverage to children up to age 18 in families with incomes at or below 200 percent of\npoverty. The Nevada Check Up program is estimated to cover 43,500 children in its first year. To\nencourage enrollment, the state has simplified the CHIP eligibility application, which will be available\nstatewide through schools, child care facilities, family resource centers, social service agencies, and\nother locations where eligible children and/or their parents frequent. The state has also established a toll-\nfree information number, which is listed on posters, marketing brochures, and the application form.\nPublic service announcements are also planned. Nevada's plan was approved on August 13, 1998.\nNew Hampshire\nNew Hampshire could receive as much as $11 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nThe state will use its CHIP allocation to expand its Medicaid program and create a separate statewide\nchildren's health insurance program. Healthy Kids-Gold, or Phase I, will expand Medicaid eligibility for\nnewborns and infants up to age one in families with incomes up to 300 percent of the FPL. Healthy\nKids-Silver, or Phase II, will be a separate statewide health insurance plan that will mirror the benefit\nFEB-22-1999 10:57\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.16/24\n. 14 - -\npackage offered to federal employees in the state. Healthy Kids-Silver is aimed at children ages 1 to 19\nin families with incomes up to 300 percent of poverty. In order to expand its coverage to this level of\nfamily income, the state will apply an income disregard-setting aside certain types of income the\nfamily may have. The state expects to insure 4,000 children by September 2000. New Hampshire's plan\nwas approved September 16, 1998.\nNew Jersey\nNew Jersey could receive approximately $89 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan,\nwhich state officials will use to insure as many as 102,000 new children by the end of the program's first\nyear. The state will use its new allocation to create NJKidCare which will include a Medicaid expansion\nand a new state CHIP plan. The Medicaid expansion will provide comprehensive health care coverage\nto all children under age 19 whose families have incomes at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty\nlevel. The new CHIP insurance program will be targeted to children in families with incomes above\n133 percent to 200 percent of poverty. The new program will charge families a $15 per month premium.\nThe state will have a fourfold outreach effort which will include: public awareness, targeted outreach,\ncommunity education, and consumer education. The state is also committed to targeting outreach to\nspecial populations such as HIV and homeless populations. New Jersey's plan was approved on April\n27, 1998.\nNew Mexico\nNew Mexico could receive as much as $57 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan.\nThe state will use its allotment to expand its Medicaid program for children from birth to age 18 in\nfamilies with incomes up to 235 percent of the FPL. Enrollees will receive the state's Medicaid benefit\npackage. Families with incomes between 186 and 235 percent of the FPL will pay copayments of $5 for\nmost services, but cost sharing cannot exceed five percent of a family's income. In accordance with the\nCHIP law, preventive services and prenatal care are exempt from cost sharing. Working with a private\ncontractor, the state will conduct a public awareness campaign to inform potential enrollees. In addition,\nNew Mexico will work with the Indian Health Service to assure CHIP access to American Indians. New\nMexico expects to insure 5,000 children by September 30, 2000. Its CHIP plan was approved January\n11, 1999.\nNew York\nNew York was one of three states for which existing children's health coverage benefit packages were\n\"grandfathered\" into the CHIP legislation. The state could receive as much as $256 million in new funds\nfor both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP plan, which state officials will use to insure as many as\n360,000 additional children within the next three years. New York will use its new allocation to expand\nits existing CHPlus program, which currently provides insurance to children up to age 19 whose families\nhave incomes at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. CHPlus is a partnership between the\nstate and private insurers with the state subsidizing private coverage for enrollees. The benefit package\nincludes a full range of inpatient and outpatient services. The state's outreach activities will include a\nstatewide media campaign that will be conducted by the New York State Department of Health. New\nYork's plan was approved on April 1, 1998.\nFEB-22-1999 10:58\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.17/24\n15 -\nNorth Carolina\nNorth Carolina could receive as much as $79 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its\nCHIP plan. North Carolina will use its CHIP allocation to create a separate state health insurance\nprogram to provide coverage to uninsured children whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of\nthe federal poverty level. The state expects to insure 35,000 children. Families whose incomes rise\nabove 200 percent of poverty up to a maximum of 225 percent will be able to buy into the program for\none year. The benefit package is equivalent to that offered to state employees, plus Medicaid-equivalent\nbenefits for children with special health care needs. North Carolina plans to improve outreach efforts by\nsimplifying the application forms for both Medicaid and CHIP and by using existing public/private\npartnerships between local departments of health and social services. North Carolina's plan was\napproved on July 14, 1998.\nNorth Dakota\nNorth Dakota could receive as much as $5 million in new CHIP funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999.\nThe approval of North Dakota's plan enables the state to lay the groundwork for its CHIP program and\nto secure its FY 1998 CHIP allotment. The first phase of the state's program will enroll 500 children by\nOct. 1999 by expanding its Medicaid program to include 18 year old children whose family income is at\nor below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Currently, North Dakota's Medicaid program covers\nchildren age seven through 17 whose families have incomes of 100 percent of poverty or less. Children\nup to age 6 are eligible if their families have incomes at or below 133 percent of poverty. The benefit\npackage is the same as the Medicaid program in the state. North Dakota's plan was approved October 8,\n1998.\nOhio\nOhio could receive as much as $115 million in federal funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP\nplan. With its CHIP allotment, Ohio will expand eligibility within its existing Medicaid program. The\nstate will expand Medicaid eligibility to cover children up to age 19 whose families have incomes at or\nbelow 150 percent of the federal poverty level and will expand coverage to as many as 133,000\nuninsured children by 1999. To encourage enrollment, the state will survey community agencies on how\nthey conduct Medicaid eligibility outreach, and develop media strategies for statewide education\nprovided to Medicaid consumers and providers. Ohio's plan received approval on March 23, 1998.\nOklahoma\nOklahoma could receive as much as $85 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which\nstate officials will use to expand its Medicaid program. With its federal allotment, the state hopes to\nexpand coverage to 71,000 children by the end of the program's first year. Oklahoma will provide the\nstate's regular Medicaid benefit package to the newly-enrolled children. Oklahoma plans to use its CHIP\nallotment to provide Medicaid coverage to children born on or after October 1, 1983, with family\nincomes up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is\ncollaborating with other interested agencies in the state to develop a marketing and outreach plan. The\nplan will consist of posters, public service announcements, fact sheets, press releases and outdoor\nadvertising. Oklahoma's plan was approved on May 26, 1998.\nFEB-22-1999 10:58\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410\n205\n5157\nP.18/24\n- 16\nOregon\nOregon could receive as much as $39 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which state\nofficials estimate they will use to enroll approximately 17,000 children in their CHIP program by July 1,\n1999. Oregon will use its new allocation to expand coverage to children from birth to age 6 with\nincomes between 133 percent and 170 percent of the federal poverty level. Coverage will also be\nextended to children from age 6 to age 19 with family incomes between 100-170 percent of poverty.\nChildren in the new CHIP program will receive the same benefit package as children currently enrolled\nin the state's Medicaid section 1115 waiver demonstration. The benefit package includes inpatient and\noutpatient hospital services, inpatient psychiatric services, physician services, dental services, home\nhealth services, lab services, prescription drugs and other medically necessary services. Oregon will\nconvene a task force of public and private partners to develop a consolidated Medicaid and CHIP\noutreach plan. Oregon's plan was approved on June 12, 1998.\nPennsylvania\nPennsylvania could receive as much as $117 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which\nstate officials will use to fund its existing Pennsylvania CHIP program. Pennsylvania is one of three\nstates that had the benefit package of their existing state children's health program grand-fathered under\nCHIP. State officials estimate that with the state's initial plan -- approved May 28 -- and amendment\napproved October 28. Pennsylvania will be able to insure 80-100,000 children by September 1999. The\nfirst phase provided coverage to children age one through 16 with family incomes at or below 185\npercent of poverty. The amendment to Pennsylvania's CHIP plan expands eligibility for children from\nbirth to age 18 in families with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The benefit\npackage includes a full range of inpatient services. Outreach activities in the state include canvassing\nlocal businesses, day care centers, school districts, hospitals, religious organizations, social service\nagencies and civic groups.\nPuerto Rico\nPuerto Rico could receive as much as $9.8 million in new funds for FY 1998 and $39 million for FY\n1999 under the CHIP program. Puerto Rico will use its allotment to expand Medicaid eligibility.\nMedicaid coverage will be expanded to cover children through age 18 in families with incomes below\n200 percent of the commonwealth poverty level ($8,220 for a family of four). Federal CHIP funding\nwill allow Puerto Rico to cover approximately 20,000 children. Puerto Rico's program will also include\nchildren currently under its public health system, which receives no federal funding. Puerto Rico is also\nunique in that it has elected to contribute more money than the standard federal-state matching funds.\nOfficials in Puerto Rico estimate that there will be 165,000 children in their CHIP plan by the end of FY\n1998. Puerto Rico will develop a number of outreach efforts, including disseminating brochures,\nleaflets, and posters with information on the CHIP program; launching a broad-based media campaign;\nand appealing directly to eligible children and families. Puerto Rico's plan was approved June 26, 1998.\nRhode Island\nRhode Island could receive as much as $10.6 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which state\nofficials will use to insure as many as 3,400 children by the end of FY 2000. Rhode Island has already\nhad its initial plan and an amendment approved. Under the initial plan, the state is using its allocation\nto expand its Medicaid program to provide comprehensive health care coverage to children between the\nFEB-22-1999 10:59\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.19/24\n17 -\nages of 8 and 15 whose family income is between 100 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level. The\nprogram will also cover children 15 to 18 whose families have incomes up to 250 percent of poverty.\nUnder the amendment, Rhode Island will expand benefits for uninsured children up to age 19 to 300\npercent of the federal poverty level. Beginning at 185 percent of the federal poverty level, or about\n$30,432 for a family of four, families will begin paying modest premiums or co-payments. In order to\neffectively reach the target population, various outreach methods will take place. The first phase of\nRhode Island's outreach efforts, a public information campaign, will last four months. The second phase\nof outreach will include follow-up and evaluation activities which will last approximately six months.\nRhode Island's plan was approved on May 8, 1998 and its amendment was approved February 4, 1999.\nSouth Carolina\nSouth Carolina had already begun to expand its Medicaid program when the new CHIP law was enacted,\nand could receive over $63 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999. The state will use its\nshare of CHIP funds to expand its Medicaid program, and hopes to enroll an additional estimated 75,000\nchildren. Regular cost-sharing rules apply and eligibility will be extended to children under age 19\nwhose family incomes are at or under 150 percent of the federal poverty level. The state has placed\neligibility workers in public schools, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and other places frequented by\nfamilies with potentially eligible children. South Carolina's plan was approved on February 18, 1998.\nSouth Dakota\nSouth Dakota could receive as much as $8.5 million for both FY 1998 and FY 1999. The state will use\nits CHIP allocation to expand its Medicaid program to insure 7,400 children in its first year. The state\nwill increase eligibility limits for children ages 6 to 18 from the current limit of 100 percent of FPL to\n133 percent of FPL. The benefit package for children enrolled in CHIP will be the same as that offered\nto other children in the state's Medicaid program. Families will not be charged for medical care under\nthis CHIP program. The state will identify eligible children and mail their families applications. South\nDakota's plan was approved on August 25, 1998.\nTexas\nTexas could receive as much as $561 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which state\nofficials estimate that they will use to enroll nearly 58,000 children in their CHIP program by October 1,\n1999. Texas will use its allotment to expand Medicaid eligibility to children up to age 19 in families\nwith incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Texas currently covers children from birth\nto one in families with incomes up to 185 percent of poverty, ages 1-5 up to 133 percent of poverty, ages\n6-14 up to 100 percent of poverty, and ages 15-19 up to 47 percent of poverty. The state also plans to\nexpand coverage to additional low-income children and families by submitting an amendment to their\nCHIP program in 1999. Outreach activities will include working the entire network of public health\nproviders to disseminate outreach materials to providers so that they may supply information to families\nwith potentially eligible children. Texas' plan was approved on June 15, 1998.\nUtah\nUtah could receive as much as $24 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which state\nofficials estimate will insure 21,000 children in their CHIP program by 2000. Utah will use its CHIP\nallocation to create a separate state health insurance program to provide coverage to uninsured children\nFEB-22-1999 10:59\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.20/24\n- 18 -\nup to age 19 whose family incomes do not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The plan\ndoes have some cost sharing for services, but no premiums or enrollment fees will be charged.\nCopayments and out-of-pocket maximums will be determined by income level. The state will use\nMedicaid eligibility workers already placed in 98 hospitals, community health centers, local health\ndepartments, and other allied agencies to determine CHIP eligibility. The state will also do outreach\nthrough community presentations, toll-free telephone lines, brochures, flyers and postcards. Utah's plan\nwas approved July 10, 1998.\nVermont\nVermont could receive as much as $3.5 million in funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 for its CHIP\nplan. The state will use its allotment to create a separate health insurance program to cover children up\nto age 18 in families with incomes between 225 and 300 percent of the FPL. Health services to children\nwill be delivered by the managed care organizations that currently provide services under the Vermont\nHealth Access Plan, a Medicaid section 1115 waiver. An amendment to the Medicaid waiver was\napproved November 6, 1998, allowing the state to expand coverage to underinsured children up to 300\npercent of the FPL. The benefits package for the Vermont CHIP program is the same as provided\nthrough the state's Medicaid program. The state will charge beneficiaries a premium of $10 per month\nper household. Beginning July 1, 1999, providers will be allowed to charge a $10 copayment for office\nvisits. No copayments will be charged for well-baby and well-child visits. Maximum cost sharing will\nnot be allowed to exceed 5 percent of a family's income. The state will integrate its outreach activities\nwith the current outreach campaign for Medicaid, which includes advertising, brochures, flyers, and\noutreach through community health and social service providers. Vermont also offers a toll-free\ntelephone line with information on Medicaid and CHIP. Vermont expects to insure 1,088 children by\nOctober 2000. Its CHIP plan was approved December 15, 1998.\nVirginia\nVirginia could receive as much as $68 million in funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999 to create a\nseparate children's health insurance plan, the Virginia Children's Medical Security Insurance Plan. The\nplan has two components, the first of which provides coverage for children under age 19 in families with\nincomes up to 150 percent of the FPL. The second phase, which will begin at a later date, will cover\nchildren under age 19 in families with incomes up to 185 percent of the FPL. The difference between the\ntwo components is that families with incomes between 150 and 185 percent of the FPL will have out-of-\npocket costs imposed through an amendment to this plan. The benefit package will be comprehensive\nand includes inpatient and outpatient care, laboratory services, and substance abuse treatment. To reach\neligible children, the state will create a single mail-in application for both programs. The state will also\nplace eligibility workers in different locations throughout the state, offer a toll-free hotline number, and\nwill coordinate with school districts and local agencies to distribute applications. Virginia's plan was\napproved October 22, 1998.\nVirgin Islands\nThe Virgin Islands could receive nearly $280,000 in new funds for FY 1998 and about $1.1 million in\nFY 1999. The territory will use its CHIP allocation to expand its Medicaid program to children receiving\nservices through a territory-funded program. CHIP funds will help strengthen federal support for\nchildren's health in the Virgin Islands. The local government will not expand eligibility, but the current\nFEB-22-1999 11:00\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.21/24\nr\n- 19 -\nincome level for a family of four is $8,500 - or about half the level of states. The Virgin Islands' plan\nwas approved September 17, 1998.\nWest Virginia\nWest Virginia could receive as much as $23 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999. The\nstate will use its CHIP allotment to expand Medicaid eligibility to children between the ages of one and\nfive in families with incomes up to 150 percent of FPL. The state currently has an income cutoff for that\ngroup of 133 percent of FPL. The newly covered children will receive the regular Medicaid benefit\npackage at no cost to their families. As part of their outreach efforts, the state will include Medicaid\ninformation in all free or reduced lunch and textbook applications and the state's toll-free 24 hour\nhotline will include information on the CHIP program. The state is currently planning a second\nexpansion stage. West Virginia's plan was approved on September 15, 1998.\nWisconsin\nWisconsin could receive as much as $40 million in new funds for both FY 1998 and FY 1999, which\nstate officials will use to expand its Medicaid program. Phase One of the state's BadgerCare plan was\nestimated to cover an additional 2,000 children with expanded Medicaid eligibility to children ages 15-\n18 in families with incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Wisconsin also had a CHIP\namendment and a Medicaid waiver approved as well. While the CHIP expansion will provide health\ncoverage to children, the waiver for the state's Medicaid program will allow Wisconsin to enroll the\nparents of CHIP-eligible children in that program. State officials expect the second phase of the CHIP\nprogram to enroll an estimated 23,000 children by October 2000 and the Medicaid waiver to enroll\n27,000 adults in BadgerCare. All eligible children will receive the full Medicaid benefit package with\nno out-of-pocket costs for families. Wisconsin's outreach efforts will include: public health agencies\ncoordinated efforts with schools; the expansion of school-based clinics in 12 Milwaukee public schools;\nand inclusion of schools as potential outstation sites for Medicaid eligibility workers. Wisconsin's plan\nwas approved May 29, 1998 and the amendment was approved January 22, 1999.\n###\nFEB-22-1999 11:00\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.22/24\nQuestions and Answers: Insure Kids Now National Kickoff /\nCHIP Outreach Efforts\nFebruary 19, 1999\n(For Internal Use Only)\nQ.1.\nWhat are you announcing today?\nWe are here today -- federal and state government officials, corporate and media\nrepresentatives and community members -- to announce the Insure Kids Now initiative to\nhelp families get health insurance for their children. The campaign has several parts, but\ntwo parts are most exciting:\nA national toll free number 877-KIDS-NOW that will connect any caller to his or her\nstate's information number for eligibility information;\nA HHS-sponsored national radio campaign to complements state and local outreach\nefforts;\nThe new Insure Kids Now web site, www.insurekids.gov, with information on the\neligibility requirements for each state's CHIP plans;\nAnd a wealth of public-private partnerships that will complement states' outreach and\nhelp millions of children get health insurance coverage.\nQ.2. How many children do you expect to enroll through your Insure Kids Now\noutreach efforts?\nAs President Clinton has stated before, we hope to enroll as much as five million\nchildren. States' initial estimates are that they will cover over 2.5 million through\nCHIP and Medicaid by September 2000. It's also extremely encouraging that\nstates are now beginning to amend their plans and expand their expected\nenrollment numbers.\nWe also expect that the CHIP program will continue to increase funding for states\nto do outreach, find and enroll children eligible for CHIP as well as Medicaid.\nWe are confident that national commitments like the ones announced today will\ncomplement on-going state and local efforts and we will reach millions of\nchildren through a combination of CHIP and Medicaid outreach.\nExpanding health insurance coverage to children is one of the Administration's\npriorities. Far too many children-as many as 11 million ages 0 to 18--are\ncurrently living without health insurance. At least 4 million of those kids are\neligible for Medicaid yet not enrolled and another 3 million are eligible for CHIP.\nThe single biggest step toward enrolling these kids is the passage of the\nChildren's Health Insurance Program.\nFEB-22-1999 11:00\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157 P.23/24\nQ.3.\nDo all states have CHIP plans? Which states do not have approved\nplans and why not?\nA.\nSince the Childrens Health Insurance Program was signed into law in October\n1997, fifty states and U.S. territories' plans have been approved by the\nDepartment of Health and Human Services. They estimate they will cover over\n2.5 million children by September 2000.\nThere are three states -- Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming which do not\nhave CHIP plans yet. These states have done a lot for children. Both Tennessee\nand Washington had done an exceptional job in covering children with\npreexisting state programs. We continue to work with the states and hope that\neach state will take advantage of the CHIP.\n[Note: Tennessee has submitted its plan to HHS for review. Washington and\nWyoming have not submitted plans.]\nQ.4. Many states have multi-million dollar allotments, but are only\ninsuring a few thousand children. Why are we giving so much money\nto insure so few kids?\nA.\nExpanding health insurance coverage to children is one of the\nAdministration's top priorities and actually of everyone at the event today - -\npublic and private sector, national ant local. Far too many children-as many as\n11 million ages 0 to 18--are currently living without health insurance. At least 4\nmillion of those kids are eligible for Medicaid yet not enrolled and another 3\nmillion are eligible for CHIP. The single biggest step toward enrolling these kids\nis the passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program.\nCHIP allotments are based on an estimated number of uninsured children in each\nstate that are below 200 percent of poverty. States can receive up to their\nallotment, but are only reimbursed if they spend money on insuring children.\nQ.5. Many states have not drawn much on their 1998 allotments. Are you\nworried this means that CHIP isn't working?\nA.\nWe're not worried at all. CHIP is a new program. It's going to take time for it to\nbe fully implemented. Most states focused in the first year on designing their\nplans and getting approval from their state legislatures and from HHS. We expect\nthat now that 50 state and territoral plans, as well as 11 amendments, are in place\nthat the draw on allotments will increase significantly.\nCommitments and public-partnerships like the ones announced today will help\nstates informing working parents that free or lost health insurance is available.\nFEB-22-1999 11:00\nHCFA LEGISLATION\n410 205 5157\nP.24/24\nQ.6.\nYou've announced the First lady's public service announcement today. Does\nthis have anything to do with promoting the First Lady and her possible run\nfor a U.S. Senate seat in New York in 2000?\nNot at all. Interestingly, we've found that Americans want to hear the First Lady\ntalk about health coverage for children. To help us figure out the best way to get\nthe message out about children's health insurance, last year several public\nrelations firms focus-tested various messages about health care and preferences\nfor spokesperson among working parents last year. Among the group of working\nparents who are the major focus of this outreach campaign, Mrs. Clinton was one\nof top preferences for spokesperson of the Insure Kids Now initiative. Her PSA\nwas prepared last year as well - well before media speculation about her possible\ninterest in a Senate seat.\nTOTAL P.24\n209\nFEBRUARY 23, 1999 EVENT LAUNCHING\nCHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND TOLL-FREE LINE\nProposed Language on the\nRole of America's Promise and America's Promise Commitment Makers\nIn Promoting Children's Health Insurance Outreach and Enrollment\nThe federal government and states have committed billions of dollars to expand\nhealth insurance coverage for children. But simply making the funding available will not\ninsure a single child unless the parents of eligible children know that affordable health\ninsurance is available and that their children qualify for it. Government needs help to\nreach these parents.\nOne organization that is helping the government create public-private\npartnerships to spread the word is America's Promise, a national crusade for youth\nchaired by General Colin Powell. One of the goals of America's Promise is to give every\none of our children a healthy start in life. To assist the federal government and states in\ntheir efforts to provide coverage to uninsured children, America's Promise is securing\ncommitments from leading corporations to help inform the parents of eligible children\nthrough public service announcements and other means. Among the commitments\nsecured by America's Promise so far is one from Bonneville International Corporation,\nwhich owns radio stations in five cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San\nFrancisco, and Washington, DC. Bonneville has produced six radio public service\nannouncements, narrated by General Powell, and is donating free air time to run them\non its stations. The Ad Council has agreed to expand on Bonneville's reach by\ndistributing the PSAs nationwide.\nOther America's Promise corporate and non-profit partners have also made\ncommitments that will help connect eligible children to the free or low-cost health\ninsurance now available to them. These corporate and non-profit partners include:\nGeneral Motors - General Motors will distribute information about the national\nchildren's health insurance toll-free line by affixing labels advertising the number to child\nsafety seats that the company is donating to families in low-income communities across\nthe country. General Motors will be working with the NAACP and the National Council of\nLa Raza on this effort.\n3\nGlaxo Wellcome - Glaxo Wellcome has expanded its commitment to America's\nPromise by promoting the CHIP program in the state of North Carolina. The company\nhas committed to supporting North Carolina Health Choices for Children by creating\nawareness through multiple channels, resources, and outlets across the state.\nVeterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) VFW has committed to distributing information\nabout children's health insurance programs through its network of posts.\nAmerican Hospital Association - As a commitment to America's Promise, the\nAmerican Hospital Association promised to reduce the number of Americans, especially\nchildren, without health coverage by four million by establishing the \"Campaign for\nCoverage.\" As of February 1999, coverage was extended to nearly 2.5 million uninsured\npeople. This number includes extending coverage to children through CHIP and to other\nAmericans through a variety of means.\nSchering-Plough Corporation - Schering-Plough has provided generous support to\nNo\nAmerica's Promise to help ensure that children have access to the health care they need\nto grow up healthy and strong.\nGeneral Mills, Inc. - General Mills is helping to ensure that children have a healthy start\nin life by underwriting the work of America's Promise on the State Children's Health\nInsurance Program.\nSmithKline Beecham - SmithKline Beecham has provided funding to America's\nPromise to support its work to promote a healthy start for all children.\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n004. fax\nDonna Langill to Barbara Wooley re: phone number (partial) (1 page)\n02/19/1999\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nPI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information |(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes ((b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. 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Document will be reviewed upon request.\nE VUI\nAMERICA'S PROMISE\nTHE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH\n909 North Washington Street\nSuite 400\nAlexandria, VA 2231+1556\nFAX TRANSMITTAL\nTel. 703.684.4500\nFax 703.68+.7328\nwww.americaspromise.urg\nDATE:\n2/19/99\nTO:\nBarbara Wooley\nCOMPANY:\nFAX NO:\n202/456-6218\nFROM:\nDonna Langill\nNUMBER OF PAGES:\n(INCLUDING COVER)\nMESSAGE:\nHi, Barbara - Here IS the proposed language on the\nrole of America's Promise The for the event next Tuesday.\nWe are still working on list of attendees, but L\n1/2 you have any questions; / Mached\nwill send that to you by CoB today Pls. call at me\nP6/(b)(6)\ntoday. - DonnaL\n[004]\n;-PLOUGH WASHINGTON OFFICE\n5:20 FAX 973 822 7095\n(MON) 2. 22'99 15:41/ST. 15:35/NO. 4261109578 P\nSP/DICK KINNEY\n2\n-> DC OFFICE\n4\n002\nSCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION\nCOMMITMENT TO AMERICA'S CHILDREN\nI.\nWEB SITE FOR INFORMATION ON ASTHMA & HEALTH ISSUES\nSchering-Plough Corporation in partnership with the National Association of\nSchool Nurses, the American Lung Association, the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of\nAmerica and the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology will develop a\nhealth Web site to communicate information on asthma and other health issues, including\nhealth insurance for children, to school nurses throughout the country.\nThe Web site will facilitate the availability of information on asthma and health\nissues. It will allow nurses to access current information on the effective treatment of\npediatric asthma in the school setting.\nThe premise of this initiative is that a partnership between the private sector,\nschool nurses and other members of the health care community will help address the\nneeds of chronically ill children and, in so doing, help their ability to learn.\nThe program will be available for use by the end of the second quarter of 1999. It\nwill be a nationwide effort. The goal is to reach as many of this country's 33,000 school\nnurses as possible through a state-by-state roll-out.\nII.\nKidCare. New Jersey Component of the Federal CHIP Program\nSchering-Plough Corporation will initiate a private-public collaborative effort\nwith the Health Department in the City of Elizabeth (population: approximately 110,000)\nto enroll as many as 2,000 uninsured children during 1999 in the New Jersey KidCare\nprogram.\nThe thrust of this initiative is to increase awareness of KidCare, provide\ninformation and assistance with the enrollment process and to provide ongoing advice\nand information to parents with eligible children. This effort will include a citywide\nhealth fair, ongoing print and media publicity in several languages, staff and outreach\nworkers to assist in the interpretation of eligibility guidelines and completion of the\napplications necessary to enroll these uninsured children.\nThe partners in this program are the Department of Health in Elizabeth, Elizabeth\nGeneral Hospital, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Headstart representatives, PTA and school\norganizations, outreach workers, health care professionals and community leaders.\nSchering-Plough will be the corporate sponsor.\nG-PLOUGH WASHINGTON OFFICE\n5:20 FAX 973 822 7095\nSP/DICK (MON) KINNEY 2. 22'99 15:42/ST. 15 35/NO. 4261109578 P 3\n+ DC OFFICE\n0.\n003\nSchering-Plough Corporation is a research-based pharmaceutical company\nengaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical\nand health care products worldwide.\nContact Person: Ms. Nina Wells - Director of Public Affairs\nSchering-Plough Corporation\ndkinney\\websitc2.doc\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n005. list\nContact list re: SSN and DOB (partial) (3 pages)\n03/13/1998\nP6/b(6)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nDomestic Policy Council\nDevorah Adler\nOA/Box Number: 20146\nFOLDER TITLE:\nCHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Outreach [Folder 8]\n2012-0463-S\nrc733\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nPI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation |(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA)\npersonal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nFull Address Card\nagr agr\nAddress\nc\nC\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Jackie Noyes\nMs Judith Waxman\nGovernment Liaison\nFamilies USA\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\n1334 G Street, NW\n601- 13th St\nWashington, DC 20005\nSuite 400 North\nTel 1\n628-3030\nExt\nTel 1\nWashington, DC 20005\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 1\n347-8600\nExt\nTel\nFax\n347-2417\nFax\nTel 2\nTel 2\nE-mail\[email protected].\nE-mail\nFax\n393-6137\nFax\n[Unused1]\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\n[Unused2]\n[Unused1]\nSpouse\n[Unused2]\nChildren\nSpouse\nCategory\nGeneral, children\nChildren\nCategory\nchildren, physicians\nP6/(b)(6)\n[005]\nP6/(b)(6)\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nchildren\nMr Gregg Haifely\nBusiness\nHome\nChildren's Defense Fund\nMr Graham Newson\n25 E Street, NW\nSenior Assistant Director\nWashington, DC 20001\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nTel 1\n662-3541\nExt\nTel 1\n601- 13th St\nTel 2\nTel 2\nSuite 400 North\nWashington, DC 20005\nFax\n662-3560\nFax\nTel 1\n347-8600\nExt\nTel\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\nTel 2\n2\n[Unused1]\nFax\n393-6137\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children\nSpouse\nchildren\nChildren\nBusiness\nHome\nCategory\nchildren, physicians\nMr Bruce Lesley\nNational Association of Children's\nP6/(b)(6)\nHospitals and Related Institutions\n401 Wythe Street\nchildren\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nBusiness\nHome\nTel 1\n703-684-1355\nExt\nMs Marina Weiss\nTel 2\nTel 2\nMarch of Dimes\n1901 L Street, NW\nFax\n703-684-1589\nFax\nSuite 260\nE-mail\nE-mail\nWashington, DC 20036\n[Unused1]\nTel1\n659-1800\nExt 13\nTel 1\n[Unused2)\nTel 2\nTel2\nSpouse\nFax\n296-2964\nFax\nChildren\nE-mail\nE-mail\nCategory children, hospital\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\nP6/(b)(6)\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory General, children\nP6/(b)(6)\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:35 PM\nPage 1\nFull Address Card\nagr all\nAddress\nC\nC\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMr Joel Marks\nMs Kristin Kroeger\nAmerican Small Business Alliance\nAmerican Academy of Child and\n3421 1/2 M St, NW\nAdolescent Psychiatry\n36715 Wisconsin Ave, NW\nWashington, DC 20016\nWashington, DC 20007\nTel 1\n966-7300\nExt\nTel 1\nTel 1\n202-337-0037\nExt\nTel 1\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nFax\nFax\nFax\nFax\nE-mail\nE-mail\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused1]\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\n[Unused2]\nSpouse\nSpouse\nChildren\nChildren\nCategory children\nCategory children, General\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Yasmina Vinci\nMs Cathy Hess\nAssocation of Child Care Resource and\nExecutive Director\nReferral Agencies\nAssoication of Maternal and Child\n1319 F Street, NW\nHealth Programs\nSuite 810\n1220- 19th Street\nWashington, DC 20004\nSuite 801\nTel 1\n393-5501\nExt\nTel 1\nWashington, DC 20036\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 1\n775-0436\nExt\nTel 1\nFax\nFax\nTel 2\nTel 2\nE-mail\nE-mail\nFax\nFax\n[Unused1]\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused2]\n(Unused1)\nSpouse\n[Unused2]\nChildren\nSpouse\nCategory children\nChildren\nP6/(b)(6)\nCategory children\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Sara Milo\nMr Todd Askew\nAmerican Association of Dental\nGovt Liaison\n1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nWashington, DC 20036\n601- 13th St\nTel 1\n667-9433\nExt\nTel 1\nSuite 400 North\nWashington, DC 20005\nTel2\nTel 2\nTel 1\n347-8600\nExt\nTel 1\nFax\nFax\n2\nTel 2\nE-mail\nE-mail\nFax\n393-6137\nFax\n(Unused1)\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\n[Unused2]\n[Unused1]\nSpouse\n[Unused2]\nChildren\nSpouse\nCategory children\nChildren\nCategory children, physicians\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:36 PM\nPage 2\nFull Address Card\nall all\nAddress\nC\nC\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Suzy Leous\nMs Joanne Hustead\nDirector of Public Affairs\nDirector of Legal and Public Policy\nAmerican College of Preventive\nNational Partnership for Women and\nMedicine\nFamilies\n1660 L Street, NW\n1875 Connecticut Ave, NW\nSuite 206\nSuite 710\nWashington, DC 20036\nWashington, DC 20009\n1\n466-2044\nExt\nTel 1\nTel 1\n986-2600\nExt\nTel 1\n2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nTel 2\nFax\n466-2662\nFax\nFax\nFax\nE-mail\[email protected]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused1]\n[Unused1]\n(Unused2]\n[Unused2]\nSpouse\nSpouse\nChildren\nChildren\nCategory physicians, children\nCategory children\nchildren\nP6/(b)(6)\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Karen Sealander\nchildren\nMcDermott, Will, and Emery\nBusiness\nHome\n1850 K Street, NW\nMr Irwin Redliner\nSuite 500\nPresident\nWashington, DC 20006\nChildren's Health Fund\nTel 1\n778-8024\nExt\nTel\n317 E. 64th Street\nNew York, NY 10021\n2\nTel 2\nTel 1\nFax\n212-535-9400\nExt\nTel 1\nFax\nTel 2\nTel 2\nE-mail\nE-mail\nFax\n212-535-7488\nFax\n[Unused1]\nE-mail\nE-mail\n(Unused2)\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children\nSpouse\nChildren\nchildren\nCategory children\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Diane Shust\nchildren\nNational Education Association\nBusiness\nHome\n1201 16th Street, NW\nMr Dennis Johnson\nWashington, DC 20036\nSenior Director of Policy and Planning\nTel 1\n822-7325\nExt\nTel 1\nChildren's Health Fund\nTel2\nTel 2\n317 E. 64th Street\nNew York, NY 10021\nFax\nFax\nTel 1\n212-535-9400\nExt\nTel 1\nE-mail\nE-mail\nTel 2\nTel 2\n(Unused1)\nFax\n212-535-7488\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nSpouse\n(Unused1)\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory children\nc 1898 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:36 PM\nPage 3\nFull Address Card\nall all\nAddress\nC\nc\nchildren\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nBusiness\nHome\nMr Bruce Nicholson\nMs Cheryl Beversdorf\nAmerican Bar Association\nExecutive VP\n741 15th Street, NW\nAssociation of State and Territorial\nWashington, DC 20005\nHealth Officials\nTel 1\n662-1769\nExt\nTel 1\n1275 K Street, NW\nSuite 800\nTel 2\nTel 2\nWashington, DC 20005\nFax\nFax\nTel 1\n371-9090\nExt\nTel 1\nE-mail\nE-mail\nTel 2\nTel 2\n[Unused1]\nFax\n371-9797\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children\nSpouse\nchildren\nChildren\nBusiness\nHome\nCategory children, General\nMike Graham\nchildren\nAmerican Dental Association\n1111- 14th Street, NW\nBusiness\nHome\nSuite 1100\nMs Ellen Battestelli\nWashington, DC 20005\nSenior Policy Analyst\nTel 1\n898-2400\nExt\nTel 1\nChild Welfare League of America\n440 First Street, NW\nTel 2\nTel 2\nSuite 310\nFax\nFax\nWashington, DC 30001\nE-mail\nE-mail\nTel 1\n638-2952\nExt\nTel 1\n[Unused1]\nTel 2\nTel 2\n[Unused2]\nFax\n638-4004\nFax\nSpouse\nE-mail\nE-mail\nChildren\n[Unused1]\nCategory children, General\n[Unused2]\nchildren\nSpouse\nChildren\nBusiness\nHome\nMr Jerry Steffl\nCategory children\nAmerican Psychological Association\n750 First Street, NE\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nMs Kelly O'Brien\nWashington, DC 20002\nDirector of Govt Affairs\nTel 1\n336-5884\nExt\nTel 1\nPartnership for Prevention\nTel 2\nTel 2\n426 C Street, NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nFax\nFax\nTel 1\nE-mail\n833-0009\nExt\nTel 1\nE-mail\nTel 2\nTel 2\n[Unused1]\nFax\n833-0113\nFax\n[Unused2]\nE-mail\nE-mail\nSpouse\n[Unused1]\nChildren\n[Unused2]\nCategory children, General\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory children\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:37 PM\nPage 4\nFull Address Card\nall all\nAddress\nC\nchildren\nBusiness\nHome\nKelsi Brown\nNational Association of Homes and\nServices for Children\n2000 L Street, NW\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20036\nTel 1\n223-3447\nExt\nTel 1\nTel 2\nTel 2\nFax\nFax\nE-mail\nE-mail\n[Unused1]\n[Unused2]\nSpouse\nChildren\nCategory children\n© 1998 Lotus Development Corp.\n3/13/98 at 12:37 PM\nPage 5\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:28 ID:AMER ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 2\nChildren Heart Addresses\nORGANZATION\nNAME(S)\nPHONE\nAddress\nAmerican Academy of Child and\nKristin Kroeger\n966-7300\n36715 Wisconsin Ave NW\nAdolescent Psychiatry\nWashington, DC 20016\nAmerican Academy of Family\nSusan Hildebrandt\n232-9033\n2021 Massachusetts Ave,\nPhysicians\nNW\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Academy of Pediatric\nJim Crall\n301/594-1349\nDentistry\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nJackie Noyes\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nTodd Askew\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nGraham Newson:\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics\nJennifer Stevens\n347-8600\n601 13th St NW\n# 400 N\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Association of Dental\nSara Milo\n667-9433\n1625 Massachusetts Ave\nSchools\nNW\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Bar Association\nBruce Nicholson\n662-1769\n741 15th St, NW\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican College of Physicians\nElizabeth Prewitt\n393-1650\nSuite 250\n700 13th St, NW\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican College of Preventive\nSuzy Leous\n466-2044\n1660 L St, NW\nMedicine\nSuite 206\nWashington, DC 20036\nAmerican Dental Association\nMike Graham\n898-2400\n1111 14th St, NW\nSuite 1100\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Hospital Association\nCarla Luggiero\n325 Seventh St, NW\nAnn\nWashington, DC 20004\nAmerican Psychiatric Association\nJulie Shreyer\n682-6049\n1400 K St, NW\nHILARY WILSON\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Psycholigical Association\nJerry Steffl\n336-5884\n750 First St, NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nAmerican Public Health Association\nJeff Jacobs\n778-9564 5600 9544 it\n1015 15th St, NW\nJenniter\n789-5427\nSuite 200\nWaykwill\nWashington, DC 20005\nAmerican Small Business Alliance\nJoel Marks\n337-0037\n3421 1/2 M ST NW\nWashington, DC 20007\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:29 ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 3\nAssociation of Maternal and Child\nBarbara Richards\n775-0436\n1220 19th St, NW\nHealth Programs\nSuite 801\nWashington, DC 20036\nAssociation of Maternal and Child\nCathy Hess\n775-0436\n1220 19th St, NW\nHealth Programs\nSuite 801\nWashington, DC 20036\nAssociation of State and Territorial\nLizbeth Stark\n371-9090\n1275 K Street, NW\nHealth Officials\nSuite 800\nWashington, DC 20005\nCatholic Charities USA\nLisa Smith\n703/549-1390 X 60\n1731 King St\nSuite 200\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nChild Welfare League of America\nEllen Battestelli\n638-2952\n440 First St, NW\nSuite 310\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Defense Fund\nGregg-Haifley\n662-3541\n25 E. St, NW\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Defense Fund\nJim Weill\n662-3541\n25 E. St, NW\nenver\n642-3550\nWashington, DC 20001\nChildren's Health Fund\nDennis Johnson\n(212)535-9707\n317 E. 64th St\n212-861-0235\nNew York, NY 10021\nFamilies USA\nJudy Waxman/\n628-3030\n1334 G St, NW\nJoan,Alker\nWashington, DC 20005\nFamily Voices\nGayle Brown\n703/503-4529\n5106 Richarson Dr\nFairfax, VA 22032\nFriends Committee on National\nFlorence Kimball\n547-6000\n245 2nd St, NE\nLegislation\nWashington, DC 20002\nKaiser Permanente\nJane Andrews\n296-1314\n1700 K ST NW\nSuite 601\nWashington, DC 20006\nMarch of Dimes\nMarina Weiss\n659-1800\n1901 L St NW\nSuite 260\nWashington, DC 20036\nMarch of Dimes\nJo Merrill\n659-1800\n1901 L St NW\nSuite 260\nWashington, DC 20036\nMcDermott, Will & Emery\nKaren Sealander\n778-8024\n1850 K ST, NW\nSuite 500\nWashington, DC 20006\nNational Association of Children's\nPeters Willson\n703/684-1355\n401 Wythe St\nHospitals\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nNational Association of Children's\nAnn Langley\n945-6163\n3000 K ST, NW\nHospitals\nLisartate\nSuite 500\nWashington, DC 20007\nAnn\nmargavet bekas, AMA\nFILE No. 658 08/05 '97 16:29 ID:AMER.ACADEMY PEDS.\n1 202 393 6137\nPAGE 4\nNational Association of County and\nDonna Grossman\n763-5550\n400 41 st StNW\nCity Health Officals\nSuite 450\nWashington, DC 20001\nNational Association of Homes and\nKelsi Brown\n223-3447\n1701 K st, NW\nServices for Children\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20006\nNational Association of Psychiatric\nJoy Midman\n416-1669\n2000 L St, NW\nTreatment Centers for Children\nSuite 200\nWashington, DC 20036\nNational Education Association\nDiane Shust\n822-7325\n1201 16th St, NW\nWashington, DC 20036\nNational Mental Health Association\nAI Guida\n703-838-7509\n1021 Prince St\nAlexandria, VA 22314\nPartnership for Prevention\nKelly O'Brien\n833-0009\n426 C St NE\nWashington, DC 20002\nThe ARC\nKathy McGinley\n785-3388\n1522 K St NW\nSuite 516\nWashington, DC 20005\nUS Catholic Conference\nPatricia King\n541-3188\n3211 Fourth St, NE\nWashington, DC 20017\nWashington Business Group on\nKim Monk\n408-9320\n777 Norht Capitol NE\nHealth\nSuite 800\nWashington, DC 20002\nWomen's Legal Defense Fund\nJoan Entmacher\n986-2600\n1875 Connecticut Ave, NW\n986-2539\nSuite 710\nWashington, DC 20009\n02/21/99 16:07 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n001\nTo: From: Devision Nera rats talk\nPRESIDENT CLINTON AND FIRST LADY HILLARY ROHDAM CLINTON\nJOIN WITH THE NATION'S GOVERNORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS\nall\nTO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE OUTREACH\nBut\nFebruary 23, 1999\nToday, President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rohdam Clinton, together with Governors and\nprivate sector partners from across the country, launched the \"Insure Kids Now\" campaign a\nnew national campaign designed to identify and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the new\nChildren's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Currently, there are over 5 million children who\nare eligible for but unenrolled in free or low cost health insurance. Although they have access to\nthere\nthese critical programs, these children remain unenrolled -- because their families don't know\nabout the options, cannot easily get information, or struggle with the application process. The\nInsure Kids Now campaign partners the Federal government, the States, and the private sector in\nan unprecedented effort to ensure that all children who are eligible for health insurance receive it.\nThe camp aign has 3 major towsis comp onents\nLAUNCHING 1-877 KIDS NOW, A NEW NATIONAL NUMBER FOR KIDS HEALTH\nOUTREACH. Today, the President and First Lady launched 1-877 KIDS NOW, a new toll free\nnay\nnumber developed by the National Governors Association and Bell Atlantic that provides\nthe\ninformation on Medicaid and CHIP to families nationwide. This number will provide families in\nall 50 States with State specific information about Medicaid and CHIP. Families calling the line\nthe\nwill speak with an eligibility counselor who can provide information about eligibility criteria,\nbenefits, and how to apply for coverage. Example, person calling fr. LA will feed\nget mfo about CA's program\nTHE NATIONAL MEDIA MAKES AN UNPRECEDEDNTED COMMITTMENT TO\nCHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE OUTREACH. Today, the President and the First\nMedian\nLady unveiled new efforts by national media organizations to provide families across the country\nout?\nwith information about the importance of health insurance and how to apply TV for Medicaid and\nCHIP, including:\nNBC\nstarts\ntake\nNBO air PSA on children's health insurance. )Beginning on February 24, \"The\nMore You Know\" will air a public service announcement to educate parents and families\nabout free or low cost health insurance options, This PSA, produced The with the stars of\naw and Order\", S. Epatha Merkerson and Benjamin Bratt, provides information about\nthe importance of health insurance for children and includes the new toll-free number for\ntake out?\nchildrens health insurance outreach.\nand\nABC to air PSA featuring the First Lady. Beginning on\n, ABC Television\nanast\nNetwork will air a public service announcement featuring the First Lady that provides\nparents and families with information about the importance of health insurance and\nfroganing\npromoting the new toll-free number. This PSA will air during (prime-time?/throughout\nthe day?) over the next (a year/three months??).\nViacom/Paramount to air PSA featuring the First Lady. Beginning March 1st,\nViacom/Paramount will air a public service announcement featuring the First Lady that\n02/21/99 16:07 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n002\nprovides parents and families with information about the importance of health insurance\nand promoting the new toll-free number. This PSA will air on 19 of their stations\nthroughout the country during\nover the next\nBlack Entertainment Television to air PSA featuring the First Lady. Beginning on\n,\nBET will air a public service announcement featuring the First Lady that provides\nparents and families with information about the importance of health insurance and\npromoting the new toll-free number. This PSA will air on 19 of their stations throughout throughous\nthe country during\nover the next\n.\nNational Association of Broadcasters to distribute the First Lady's PSA. The\nNational Association of Broadcasters, the national trade association representing\nbroadcast stations, will make the First Lady's PSA available to all their member stations\nmore routine basis [what does this mean?] This mechanis is usually a\non Monday, February 22nd. Smaller stations in more rural areas will show the PSA on a\nvery successful way to reach people m more rural areas through\nUnivision to air Spanish language PSA. Beginning on Feburary 23, Univision will run\nthen\na Spanish language PSA developed by the Department of Health and Human Services\nOnce a day for the next year. leminder The PSA will air twice a day over the next six months, once\nStation\nduring the day and once during prime time. Univision is watched by 18 million people\nand over 90 percent of Hispanic households. Over 25 percent of Hispanic children are\nuninsured.\nbreamines 90%\nRadw\nof\nAiring radio ads in 45 States. Beginning on February\n, the Deparment of Health and\nHuman Services will fund radio ads to be aired in 45 States and the District of Columbia.\nrought\nIn each State, the spots will run for 4 weeks (15 per week). The spots will run in groups\n18\nof 10-11 States at a time, beginning with California, Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Illinois,\nmiller\nPrint\nOhio, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maine.\npeople\nBone\nUSA Today will run an editorial on the importance of children's health insurance.\nUSA Today has agreed to do a editorial in their weekend edition on the importance of\nhealth insurance for children and the new options available to families through Medicaid\nand CHIP. The editorial will feature the new Insure Kids Now hotline number.\nPRIVATE CORPORATIONS JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL EFFORT.\nToday, the First Lady and the President lauded the efforts of private corportations to get the word\nout about the new free or low cost children's health insurance options available to families across\nthe nation. Participating corporations include:\nAmerican Medical Response, which will include the Insure Kids Now toll free number\nbeginning on\non ambulances and other transport vehicles, such as school buses,\nwhich transport over 2,000,000 students daily. In addition, beginning on\n, they\nwill provide information on Medicaid and CHIP to communities in 36 States through\n02/21/99 16:07 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n1\n003\nKmart Corporation, which will dedicate two columns on children's health insurance in\nthe Kmart circular distributed to more than 70 million homes on\n. In addition,\nbeginning\non\n, stores will have counter displays at 1,600 Kmart pharmacies\nnationwide with brochures promoting Insure Kids Now. Beginning on\n, they will\nalso put daily public service announcements on Kmart in-store radio network and put the\nInsure Kids Now number on all Kmart shopping bags.\nGeneral Motors, which will affix labels with the Insure Kids Now toll free number to\nchild safety seats being donated to families in low-income communities across the\ncountry beginning on\n.\nRalphs Grocery, which has agreed to place bag stuffers in shopping bags and to air\npublic service announcements in their in-store radio network to promote the Insure Kids\nNow toll free number beginning on\n.\nHealth\nPfizer Inc, which has agreed to incorporate the Insure Kids Now onto their patient/parent\nresource publication, mailings to their pediatricians, and in their Pharmacy Assistance\nProgram beginning on\n. In addition, beginning on\n, Pfizer will distribute\nan outreach kit to 400 community health centers.\nBlue Cross & Blue Shield Association, which will begin to educate local physicians,\nhospitals and state government partners about the new health insurance options for low\nincome children on\nby\n. In addition, beginning on\n, Blue\nCross Blue Sheild's national association will produce and distribute a nationwide radio\npublic service announcement nationwide as well as print advertorials on the Insure Kids\nNow campaign in Readers Digest and Time Magazine (CK).\nColumbus Children's Hospital, which [is this one hopsital?? Yes.] will place\nMedicaid/CHIP applications in the Emergency Room, the Outpatient Care Center, and\ncommunity-based primary care sites along with colorful, framed posters in busy hosiptial\nelevators beginning on\na\nGeneral Mills, Inc., which will help to ensure that children have a healthy start in life by\nunderwriting the work of America's Promise on the State Children's Health Insurance\nProgram. [need specifics - what is new]\nKids Korner Gift Shops, which will include Insure Kids Now materials in packets sent\nto thousands of schools nationwide beginning on\n.\nNational Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), which will include the Insure\nKids Now number and include outreach campaign materials with each prescription filled.\nAdditionally, NACDS will display outreach posters and have brochures available in\n30,000 chain pharmacies visited by over 5 million people daily. [I think we should take\nthis out -- announced in February.]\n02/21/99 16:07 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n004\nNational Community Pharmacists Association, which will distribute information on\nthe Insure Kids Now campaign to 50,000 pharmacists through through their newsletter,\njournal, and satellite programs beginning on\n.\nWyeth Lederle Vaccines, which will distribute handbooks including the Insure Kids\nNow toll free number and information on how to educate families about health insurance\noptions for their children to 1500 local community based organizations and providers\nbeginning on\n.\nNeil Romano& Associates Inc., which will work with CHIP corporate partners to\nproduce a television PSA featuring the President, First Lady, or celebrity athlete to\ndistribute on behalf of the campaign, to millions of people across the country. [??]\nNike\nJohnson & Johnson\nMattel\nMcDonalds\nNON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS PARTNER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET\nTHE WORD OUT ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE. Today, the President and\nFirst Lady also highlighted the new committments made by provider organizations and other\nnon-profit entities as part of the Insure Kids Now campaign. Participating organizations include:\nshould Kollow be\nHealth Professionals\nAmerican Hospital Association, which will distribute materials on the Insure Kids Now\nwith\ncampaign into their \"Campaign for Coverage\" information, which will reach over 6\nmillion uninsured people, beginning on\n.\nAmerican Dental Hygienists' Association, which will include the Insure Kids Now toll\nOReligiou Roys\nfree number on toothbrushes and on a tear out flyer in its Access magazine on\nwhich reaches 80,000 dental hygienists in each of the 50 states nationwide.\nGraucanat\n,\nAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides outreach\ninformation and phone numbers regularly to millions of children and adolescent\npsychiatrists throughout the country. [we should take this out. This is not new.]\n3\nCommunity\norganic\nAmerican College of Emergency Physicians has agreed to send information to 20,000\nmembers through their newsletter on\n, including how to download posters and\naccess outreach materials through the internet.\nAmerican organismous College of Physicians / American Society for Internal Medicine, which will\nadvertise the Insure Kids Now toll free number through its national website, in its\nmonthly publication, the Observer, and in its bi-monthly legislative newsletter beginning\n02/21/99 16:07 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n005\non\n. These materials are distributed to 110,000 physicians.\nAmerican Dental Association (ADA), which has committed to host a conference in\nAugust to bring together dentists, state legislators, and health officials to work together to\nfind solutions to increasing access to children's oral health services. [does this count?]\nAmerican MedicalAssociation, which has agreed to promote the Insure Kids Now toll\nfree number to the nation's 600,000 physicians in its weekly newspaper, the American\nMedical News, and by posting information on AMA's website.\nAmerican Nurses Association, which has committed to distribute\nposters and other\nmaterials to their\nState Associations, beginning on\n. Information will also be\nposted on their new web site.\nAmerica's Promise, which has committed its support for youth development programs\nworking with hundreds of communities to address the needs of youth. It is taking its\nprogram for kids to cities and towns throughout the nation. [??]\nAmerican Psychiatric Association, which will develop a Medicaid/CHIP Tool Kit to\neducate doctors and patients about Medicaid and CHIP programs for use by its 42,000\nmembers nationwide.\nAssociation of State and Territorial Health Officials has agreed to distribute outreach\nresource packets to publicize the Insure Kids Now toll free number to state health\ndepartments leaders and staff in 57 states and territories.\nCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities will provide outreach materials as well as\ntraining and technical assistance on effective outreach strategies to insure children\nnationwide beginning on\n.\nChildren's Health Fund, which has proposed to reach out to [how?] up to 30,000\ntake\nuninsured children in the Bronx, NY. In addtion, beginning on\n, it will also\ndisseminate information on the Insure Kids Now campaign in 13 National Children's\nout!\nHealth Project Network sites in 8 States across the country.\nCommunity\nHOPE for Kids, which has committed to make children's health insurance the primary\nfocus of its national outreach event on April 17, 1999. Beginning on\n, it will also\nimplement efforts to educate 400,000 people in 38 States about Medicaid and CHIP.\nMarch of Dimes, which will feature children's health insurance in a direct mail newletter\nsent to 800,000 indivdual donors on\nand through local chapter and WalkAmerica\nnewsletters which are sent to an additional 500,000 volunteers and 20,000 cororate\nsupporters on\n.\n02/21/99 16:08 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n006\nNeighborhood Networks Initiative CHIP Outreach Collaboration, which has agreed\nto address the need for organized CHIP benefits at its centers. It is made up of nearly 100\nnational and state organizations whose pupose is to eliminate health and social disparities.\n[??]\nUnion of American Hebrew Congregations, which will advertise CHIP and the Insure\nKids Now toll free number to all 875 Reform Jewish Congregations across the nation\nthrough\n.\nUnited Way of America has committed to enrolling 500,000 eligible children in CHIP\nand will mobilize select local United Ways (of which there are 1400 across the country)\nto partner with local organizations to coordinate training for outreach volunteers to pilot\norganization\nthe program, then expanding to approximately 30-50 communities across the country.\nalready.\nVeterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), which has committed to distributing information\nabout CHIP through its network of posts, beginning on\nVolunteers of America, which will make information on Medicaid and CHIP available\nto low-income families through the distribution of outreach material to homeless shelters,\nlow income housing, and childcare centers beginning on\n.\nPoints of Light Foundation, which will publicize the Insure Kids Now toll free number\nby providing\nto over 20 million people through the \"Connect America\" intiative\nbeginning on\n.\nInformation will also be provided to 450 communities and\n200 corporate members through the Volunteer Centers of the Points of Light Foundation\nbeginning on\n.\nIn addition, over 2000 members will receive information on the\nInsure Kids Now toll free number.\nCatholic Charities/USA, which will host 10 training events to help facilitate enrollment\nin Medicaid and other state insurance programs during 1999.\nthis\nthere y'll a any to 1 lot\nkids\nNational Council of Churches of Christ, which will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll\nfree number to their 33 member communions representing 52 million US Christians\nsnd you. this A\nbeginning on\n.\none\nInternational Union of Gospel Missions, which will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll\nfree number to their missions located in 260 cities where they serve over 7 million\nhomeless and needy people beginning on\n-\nUnited Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, which will publicize the Insure Kids Now\ntoll free number to their over 800 congregations across the country beginning on\n.\nNational Council of Catholic Women, which will distribute the Insure Kids Now toll\nsmatter\nfree number in their monthly newsletter to 350 diocesan leaders and their May/June\nmagazine to 11,000 nationwide.\ndesign\nbullet.\n02/21/99 16:08 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n007\nCouncil of Jewish Federations, which will promote the Insure Kids Now toll free\nsmall\nnumber in service settings across the country beginning on\nsmall\nNETWORK, a\nwhich will advertise the Insure Kids Now toll free number in\n,\ntheir magazine that reaches 10,000 people nationwide beginning on\nEvangelical Lutheran Church in America, Church Women United, Unitarian Universalist Service\nCommittee, United Methodist Church-General board of Church and Society, and Women's\nMissionary Union will distribute to their member churches the toll-free number. [??]\nCalifornia Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc., which has agreed to\ninclude the Insure Kids Now toll free number and campaign materials into their PTA\nnewsletter sent to 6000 subscribers, the Convention Chronicle, which is sent to 4600 local\nPTA presidents, and their Convention Program Books, which are given to 5000\nconvention delegates in California.\nCalifornia School Boards Association, which has agreed to have information about the\nInsure Kids Now toll free number and the campaign in their annual packet of information\nprovided at the start of each school year to 5.7 million school children. In addtion, it will\npromote through statewide publications that will reach 1,000 school districts and more\nthan 8000 individual school sites.\nChicago Public Schools, which will provide enrollment assistance at over 600 public\nschools and KidCare Kits including information on children's health insurance options to\n430,000 students beginning on\n.\nNational Child Care Association, which has agreed to distribute advertisements and\nposters promoting the Insure Kids Now toll free number to 700,000 parents through the\nnetwork beginning on\n.\nNational Educational Association, which has agreed to provide information on the\n#\\\nwill\nInsure Kids Now toll free number to the presidents of their 14,000 local affiliates\nbeginning on\n. In addition, on\nNEA will feature article about CHIP in the\norganization's magazine, distributed to 2.4 million educational employees.\nNEW PRIVATE EFFORTS COMPLEMENT THE EXPANDING FEDERAL EFFORT.\nToday, the President and First Lady unveiled the new steps Federal agencies are taking to\nidentify and enroll uninsured children in free or low cost health insurance. These include:\nLaunching the \"insurekidsnow.gov\" website for outreach. HHS has developed a\nwebsite bringing together essential State-specific information for people who are\npotentially eligible to participate in the CHIP program, including contact information,\nbenefits, and eligibility information in a user friendly format for families, educators,\nadvocates and other non-health professionals. It will also provide information on the\n02/21/99 16:08 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n008\nAdministration's public-private outreach campaign, including posters, hand-outs, and\ndescriptions of the national effort.\nDistributing 145,000 posters advertising the toll free number to over 20,000 Federal\ngrantees and field offices beginning March 1. HHS developed posters advertising the\ntoll free number to be distributed to over 20,000 Federal grantees and field offices as part\nof their new and ongoing efforts to educate parents, health care providers, and other\nFederal employees about Medicaid and CHIP.\nDevelopment of a kit to teach other agencies about how to explain kids' health\noutreach to their employees and clients. Today, HHS will distribute an outreach\ntraining kit has been prepared for to Federal workers from all Departments who will\nparticipate in the \"Insure Kids Now\" campaign. The kit contains a presentation outline,\nposters, and materials that can be used as handouts.\nIncluding the toll frec number on information distributed to State or local health\nagencies. CDC has begun to print the 1-877-KIDS NOW toll free phone number on all\npublications coming out of CDC, including pamphlets and other material that will be\nused by State or local health agencies. Over the next year, they will distribute over one\nmillion pamphlets, flyers, and brochures containing the toll free number.\nSending 92,000 employees information about outreach. On March 8, over 92,000\nUSDA employees will receive information on CHIP with the national toll-free hotline\nnumber on their Wage and Earnings Statements.\nReaching uninsured children through the Women, Infant and Children (WIC)\nprogram. During February, over 115,000 Alabama WIC participants will receive a\nCHIP outreach message with the Al-Kids toll-free hotline number on their WIC food\ninstruments. In the near future, over 90,000 Oklahoma WIC applicants and participants\nwill receive assistance in completing CHIP applications during their WIC visit.\ngive\nFor\nDistributing information through Operation Weed and Feed. The Department of\nHope\nJustice will work with Operation Weed and Feed, a crime prevention and community\nkids\nrevitalization initiative that brings together the United States Attorney and 170\ncommunity leaders nationwide to distribute a letter with information on CHIP and\ntake onvell\nMedicaid and posters advertising the new toll free number beginning in March of 1999\nmake\nHands on involvement in communities nationwide. Beginning in March of 1999, the\nDepartment of Justice, together with the United Way and HOPE for Kids (a non-profit\nas\ntoo\ncharitable organization), will hold community forums, distribute enrollment information,\nand provide application assistance to residents in 6 to 10 cities to identify and enroll\nuninsured children in Medicaid and CHIP.\n02/21/99 16:08 FAX\nNATL ECONOMIC COUNCIL\n009\nIncluding the toll free number and information on Medicaid and CHIP in\npublications distributed to dislocated workers. The Department of Labor will include\ninformation on Medicaid and CHIP in publications distributed to recently dislocated\nworkers, including Pension and Health Benefit material from the DOL's Pension and\nWelfare Benefits Administration and Family Medical Leave Act material beginning later\nthis year.\nDistributing information on Medicaid and CHIP through the Child Health\nChampion Campaign. The Environmental Protection Agency will distribute information\non Medicaid, CHIP, and the new toll free number for children's health insurance outreach\nthrough the new Child Health Champion Campaign, which works with 200 communities\nnationwide to protect children from environmental hazards by providing information,\ntechnical assistance and other support.\nIncluding information on Medicaid and CHIP in Teachers Kits. The Social Security\nAdminstration plans to include information on Medicaid and CHIP in 20,000 Teachers\nKits to be distributed later this year, which provide information on Social Security\nprograms to high school teachers. These Teachers Kits have the potential to reach at least\n450,000 children over the next school year."
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