Children's Health Insurance Eligibility Forum On April 16, Hawaii Covering Kids sponsored two national speakers, Edwin Park from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Caroline Rivas from Community Health Councils, who presented information about recent federal policies and their implications for our children's health insurance programs. Topics included CHIP Reauthorization, CMS's August 17 Directive, and CMS's Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program. There were also updates about the National Covering Kids & Families Network and Hawaii's progress towards covering all kids with health insurance. Click here for a PDF copy of the presentations: April 2008 Children's Health Insurance Policy Forum in Hawaii. ***** Two web sites with information about CHIP Reauthorization: Families USA: The CHIP Saga Continues Center for Children and Families: 2007 CHIP Reauthorization Reports and information in PDF format: Second Children’s Health Bill Makes Significant Changes to Focus More Heavily on Poor Children: Changes Answer Criticisms of Earlier, Vetoed Bill by Edwin Park and Judith Solomon, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Revised December 4, 2007. Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIPRA), Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Revised November 2007. Cost Estimate and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage under H.R. 3963, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2007.