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2007 SCHIP Reauthorization

The year 2007 started with Governors, advocates, and key members of Congress praising the remarkable success of SCHIP and calling for reauthorization to be a top priority in Congress. Despite this auspicious beginning, the year ended without a comprehensive reauthorization of SCHIP. Although Congress twice passed reauthorization bills with strong, bi-partisan support, President Bush's decision to veto these bills ultimately led Congress to simply extend the existing SCHIP program with some new funding through March of 2009. The following materials provide information on these activities.

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Background/History

• Timeline (PDF)
  
  
• Select Media Clips (PDF)
  
  
• Too Close to Turn Back: Covering America's Children (PDF)
  Center for Children and Families, December 2006
  

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Legislation

• SCHIP Extension: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (S. 2499), December 2007
  Bill Language * Summary on SCHIP Financing Provisions
  

• Compromise Bill II: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3963), November 2007
  Bill Language * Summary (comparison with first CHIPRA by Kaiser Family Foundation)

• Compromise Bill: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 976), September 2007
Bill Language * Summary


• Senate SCHIP Bill: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (S.1893), August 2, 2007
  Bill Language * Summary
  
  
• House SCHIP Bill: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (H.R. 3162), August 1, 2007
  Bill Language * Summary

• Barton-Deal SCHIP Reauthorization Bill, July 25, 2007
  Bill Language * Summary
  

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Federal Activities

• Policy Activities
  
  
• Hearings and Testimony

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Research

• Publications about SCHIP Reauthorization
  
  
• Research on SCHIP in the State Resource Center
  
  

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