CMS Directive: Research and Analysis
Directive Requirements
View information and resources on each the directive's requirements for states, compiled by the Center for Children and Families.
Federal Analysis/Opinions
- Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to Letter of State Children's Health Insurance Program
Government Accountability Office, Letter to Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, April 17, 2008
- Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to a CMS Guidance Document Regarding Statutory and Regulatory Requirements to be Used in Reviewing State Requests to Extend Eligibility Under SCHIP
Congressional Research Service, Memo to Senator Rockefeller, January 10, 2008
About the Directive
- Detour on the Road to Kids Coverage: Administration Creates Roadblocks, So States Seek Alternate Routes
Families USA, June 2008
- CMS August 17 Directive Fact Sheet
Center for Children and Families, June 3, 2008
- New CMS Letter on the August 17th Directive Does Not Materially Change the Policy But Does Raise New Questions
Center for Children and Families, May 8, 2008
- Out of Touch: A Status Report on CMS's August 17th Directive Center for Children and Families, May 6, 2008
- Covering Uninsured Children: The Impact of the August 17 CHIP Directive
Cindy Mann, Center for Children Families, Testimony to Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, April 9, 2008
- The CMS August 2007 Directive: Implementation Issues and Implications for State SCHIP Programs
National Academy for State Health Policy, April 2008
- 9 Million Children and Counting: The Administration's Attack on Health Coverage for America's Children
Families USA, February 2008
- Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2008
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Center for Children and Families, December 12, 2007
- Moving Backward: New Federally Imposed Limits on States' Ability to Cover Children
Center for Children and Families, August 30, 2007
State Analysis
- A Step Backward: How Federal Rules Would Deny Health Insurance to New Jersey Children New Jersey Policy Perspective, May 22, 2008
- Assessing California's Ability to Comply with New Federal SCHIP Rules
Harbage Consulting for California HealthCare Foundation, October 5, 2007