State Children's Health Insurance Program; Reserved Allotments to States for Fiscal Year 1998; Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages

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This notice provides advance notification of the reserved fiscal year (FY) 1998 State allotments available to provide Federal funding to individual States, Commonwealths, and Territories for expenditures in the new State Children's Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act. The notice also describes the methodology and process that HCFA used to determine these reserved allotments in accordance with section 2104 of the Act. These reserved State allotments are estimates of States' FY 1998 title XXI allotments, assuming that each State were to submit, and receive approval for, a State child health plan. Under title XXI the amount of a State's allotment for a fiscal year is available for 3 years for States with approved child health plans. This notice also specifies the enhanced Federal medical assistance percentages (FMAP) for child health assistance provided under Title XXI for fiscal year 1998. Established by section 4901 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-33), the State Children's Health Insurance Program will provide Federal matching funds to States to initiate and expand health insurance coverage to uninsured, low-income children