HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Release of $6 Billion in New CHIP Funds to Insure Children
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / June 19, 2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that $6 billion in new federal funds will be made available to states and U.S. territories for fiscal year 2009 to provide health care to millions of children across America through their Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).
The new funds for CHIP were made available by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 4. CHIPRA provides additional funding that will help states and territories maintain existing CHIP enrollment and expand their programs.
“We are taking an important step to provide quality, affordable health care to millions of children,” Secretary Sebelius said at the Bergen Family Center in Englewood, N.J. “Through CHIPRA, states and territories will receive additional funds to provide health insurance to 11 million children, including 4 million who were previously uninsured. Parents now have more help if their children fall ill.”
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