42 U.S.C. § 1397gg
Strategic objectives and performance goals; plan administration
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1397gg, Strategic objectives and performance goals; plan administration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477496
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A State child health plan shall include a description of—
Such plan shall identify specific strategic objectives relating to increasing the extent of creditable health coverage among targeted low-income children and other low-income children.
Such plan shall specify one or more performance goals for each such strategic objective so identified.
Such plan shall describe how performance under the plan will be—
A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the State will collect the data, maintain the records, and furnish the reports to the Secretary, at the times and in the standardized format the Secretary may require in order to enable the Secretary to monitor State program administration and compliance and to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of State plans under this subchapter.
A State child health plan shall include a description of the State’s plan for the annual assessments and reports under section 1397hh(a) of this title and the evaluation required by section 1397hh(b) of this title.
A State child health plan shall include an assurance that the State will afford the Secretary access to any records or information relating to the plan for the purposes of review or audit.
A State child health plan shall include a description of the process used to involve the public in the design and implementation of the plan and the method for ensuring ongoing public involvement.
A State child health plan shall include a description of the budget for the plan. The description shall be updated periodically as necessary and shall include details on the planned use of funds and the sources of the non-Federal share of plan expenditures, including any requirements for cost-sharing by beneficiaries.
The following sections of this chapter shall apply to States under this subchapter in the same manner as they apply to a State under subchapter XIX:
Notwithstanding subsection (e)(2)(A) and section 1315(a) of this title:
Nothing in this subchapter (or any other provision of Federal law) shall be construed as preventing a State from considering children enrolled in a qualified CHIP look-alike program and children enrolled in a State child health plan under this subchapter (or a waiver of such plan) as members of a single risk pool.
In this subsection, the term “qualified CHIP look-alike program” means a State program—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
- Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
- Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010House: 409–2Senate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century Cures ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.House: 266–150Senate: no recorded tally
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018House: 240–186Senate: no recorded tally
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally
- An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026