Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

The name of the program that provides, free, low-cost, or full-cost health care services in accordance with The Children’s Health Insurance Act, 62 P.S. §§ 5001.101 et seq., as amended by Act 68 of 1998, 40 P.S. §§ 991.2301 et seq. (the Children’s Health Care Act), Act 136 of 2006, and Act 84 of 2015, was originally enacted in December 1992 and implemented in May of 1993.