Data as of January 2009.
The income eligibility levels noted may refer to gross or net income depending on the state. "Regular" Medicaid refers to coverage under Medicaid eligibility standards for children in place prior to SCHIP; states receive "regular" Medicaid matching payments as opposed to enhanced SCHIP matching payments for these children.
Eligibility levels shown as percent of the FPL. Currency figures based on FPL for a family of three in 2008: $17,600 for 48 contiguous states and District of Columbia, $22,000 for Alaska, $20,240 for Hawaii.

Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009. Data based on a national survey conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2009. Available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7855.cfm.

CHIP: Children's Health Insurance Program.
The Federal Poverty Level (FPL) was established to help government agencies determine eligibility levels for public assistance programs such as Medicaid. FPL is represented in this resource as poverty guidelines as opposed to the slightly different poverty thresholds.
NA: Not applicable because state does not have separate SCHIP program.

1. Not applicable because there are no national eligibility levels.
2. Florida operates two SCHIP-funded separate programs. Healthy Kids covers children ages five through nineteen, as well as younger siblings in some locations. Medi-Kids covers children ages one through four.
3. Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York provide state-financed coverage to children with incomes above SCHIP levels. Eligibility is unlimited in Illinois and is 400% in Massachusetts and New York.
4. Louisiana created a separate SCHIP program in 2008.
5. South Carolina implemented a separate SCHIP program for children with income between 150 and 200 percent of the federal poverty line in April 2008.
6. In 2007 the state created a separate SCHIP program for children in families with income up to 250 percent of the federal poverty line. Children not eligible for regular Medicaid and children closed out of TennCare Standard who meet the SCHIP income guidelines can enroll in the separate SCHIP program.
7. In Vermont, Medicaid covers uninsured children in families with income at or below 225 percent of the federal poverty line; uninsured children in families with income between 226 and 300 percent of the federal poverty line are covered under a separate SCHIP program. Underinsured children are covered under Medicaid up to 300 percent of the federal poverty line. This expansion of coverage for underinsured children was achieved through an amendment to the states Medicaid Section 1115 waiver.
8. Wisconsin implemented BadgerCare Plus in February 2008. Badgercare Plus has no income limit for children. The state will receive Medicaid reimbursement for children up to 250 percent of the federal poverty line and children with incomes between 251 percent and 300 percent of the federal poverty line are covered with state funds.