[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6630-6632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1690]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA-2089-CN]
RIN 0938-AK33


State Children's Health Insurance Program; Final Allotments to 
States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories and 
Commonwealths for Fiscal Year 2001; Correction

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects the final allotments for Fiscal Year 2001 
that appeared in the notice concerning the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program (SCHIP) published in the Federal Register on January 
3, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective January 3, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Strauss, (410) 786-2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 3, 2001, we published a final 
notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 376) that set forth the final 
allotments of Federal funding available to each State, the District of 
Columbia, and each U.S. Territory and Commonwealth for fiscal year (FY) 
2001 under title XXI of the Social Security Act (the Act). There was an 
error in the computation of the FY 2001 allotments due to the fact that 
one of the formulas used in determining the allotments was incorrect. 
More specifically, the FY 1999 proportions were inadvertently applied 
twice in the calculation of the formula; the FY 1999 and FY 2000 
proportions should have been applied instead. The term ``proportion'' 
is defined in section 2104(b)(4)(D)(I) of the Act and refers to a 
State's share of the total amount available for allotment for any given 
year. This document corrects the error made in the final notice.

Correction of Errors

    In FR Doc. 01-69, published on January 3, 2001 (66 FR 376) make the 
following correction: On page 379, replace the text within the table 
entitled ``Table of State Children's Health Insurance Program Final 
Allotments for FY 2001''. The column descriptions and keys from the 
January 3, 2001 document are included to assist the reader.

Table of State Children's Health Insurance Program Final Allotments 
for FY 2001

Key to Table

Column/Description
    Column A = Name of State, District of Columbia, U.S. Commonwealth 
or Territory.
    Column B = Number of Children. The Number of Children for each 
State (provided in thousands) was determined and provided by the Bureau 
of the Census based on the arithmetic average of the number of low-
income children and low-income uninsured children, and is based on the 
three most recent March supplements to the CPS of the Bureau of the 
Census officially available before the beginning of the calendar year 
in which the fiscal year begins. The FY 2001 allotments were based on 
the 1997, 1998, and 1999 March supplements to the CPS. These data 
represent the number of people in each State under 19 years of age 
whose family income is at or below 200 percent of the poverty threshold 
appropriate for that family, and who are reported to be not covered by 
health insurance. The Number of Children for each State was developed 
by the Bureau of the Census based on the standard methodology used to 
determine official poverty status and uninsured status in their annual 
March CPS on these topics.
    For FY 2001, the Number of Children is equal to the sum of 50 
percent of the number of low-income uninsured children in the State and 
50 percent of the number of low-income children in the State.
    Column C = State Cost Factor. The State Cost Factor for a State is 
equal to the sum of: 0.15, and 0.85 multiplied by the ratio of the 
annual average wages in the health industry per employee for the State 
to the annual wages per employee in the health industry for the 50 
States and the District of Columbia. The State Cost Factor for each 
State was calculated based on such final wage data for each State as 
reported, determined, and officially available to HCFA by the BLS in 
the Department of Labor for each of the most recent 3 years before the 
beginning of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. The FY 
2001 allotments were based on final BLS wage data for 1995, 1996, and 
1997.
    Column D = Product. The Product for each State was calculated by 
multiplying the Number of Children in Column B by the State Cost Factor 
in Column C. The sum of the Products for all 50 States and the District 
of Columbia is below the Products for each State in Column D. The 
Product for each State and the sum of the Products for all States 
provides the basis for allotment to States and the District of 
Columbia.
    Column E = Proportion of Total. This is the calculated percentage 
share for each State of the total allotment available to the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia. The Percent Share of Total is calculated 
as the ratio of the Product for each State in Column D to the sum of 
the products for all 50 States and the District of Columbia below the 
Products for each State in Column D. In FR Doc. 01-69, published on 
January 3, 2001, this column was incorrectly calculated and resulted in 
errors in columns F and G.
    Column F = Adjusted Proportion of Total. This is the calculated 
percentage share for each State of the total allotment available after 
the application of the floors and ceilings and after any further 
reconciliation needed to ensure that the sum of the State proportions 
is equal to one. The three floors specified in the amended statute are: 
(1) A floor of $2 million divided by the total of the amount available; 
(2) an annual floor of 90 percent of (that is, 10 percent below) the 
preceding fiscal year's allotment proportion; and (3) a cumulative 
floor of 70 percent of (that is, 30 percent below) the FY 1999 
allotment proportion. There is also a cumulative ceiling of 145 percent 
of (that is, 45 percent above) the FY 1999 allotment proportion.
    Column G = Allotment. This is the SCHIP allotment for each State, 
Commonwealth, or Territory for the fiscal year. For each of the 50 
States and the District of Columbia, this is determined as the Adjusted 
Proportion of Total in Column F for the State

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multiplied by the total amount available for allotment for the 50 
States and the District of Columbia for the fiscal year.
    For each of the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths, the allotment 
is determined as the Proportion of Total in Column E multiplied by the 
total amount available for allotment to the U.S. Territories and 
Commonwealths. For the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths, the 
Proportion of Total in Column E is specified in section 2104(c) of the 
Act. The total amount is then allotted to the U.S. Territories and 
Commonwealths according to the percentages specified in section 2104 of 
the Act. There is no adjustment made to the allotments of the U.S. 
Territories and Commonwealths as they are not subject to the 
application of the floors and ceiling. As a result, Column F in the 
table, the Adjusted Proportion of Total, is empty for the U.S. 
Territories and Commonwealths.

                           Corrected SCHIP Allotments for Federal Fiscal Year 2001 \1\
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                                                                                     F Adjusted
                                      B Number     C State                    E      proportion
              A State                    of         cost      D Product  Proportion   of total   G Allotment \2\
                                      children     factor                 of total       \4\
                                        (00)                                 \4\      (percent)
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Alabama............................         302      0.9659      291.71        1.52        1.65      $69,311,033
Alaska.............................          41      1.0392       42.61        0.22        0.21        8,987,100
Arizona............................         542      1.0514      569.88        2.96        2.96      124,519,004
Arkansas...........................         277      0.8931      246.94        1.28        1.28       53,957,231
California.........................       2,905      1.1108    3,226.23       16.77       16.77      704,930,926
Colorado...........................         204      1.0017      204.34        1.06        1.06       44,648,559
Connecticut........................         162      1.1165      180.31        0.94        0.94       39,398,021
Delaware...........................          51      1.0889       54.99        0.29        0.25       10,505,758
District of Columbia...............          42      1.2960       53.78        0.28        0.28       11,751,544
Florida............................         978      1.0305    1,007.86        5.24        5.24      220,217,905
Georgia............................         621      0.9953      618.09        3.21        3.21      135,053,332
Hawaii.............................          74      1.1690       85.92        0.45        0.28       11,669,166
Idaho..............................         110      0.8893       97.83        0.51        0.49       20,715,109
Illinois...........................         787      0.9966      783.85        4.07        3.80      159,838,759
Indiana............................         298      0.9234      274.71        1.43        1.43       60,023,791
Iowa...............................         178      0.8469      150.76        0.78        0.78       32,940,215
Kansas.............................         154      0.8719      134.27        0.70        0.70       29,337,719
Kentucky...........................         276      0.9276      256.02        1.33        1.33       55,939,972
Louisiana..........................         396      0.8876      351.06        1.82        1.95       82,017,657
Maine..............................          68      0.9049       61.53        0.32        0.32       13,444,691
Maryland...........................         225      1.0460      235.34        1.22        1.22       51,422,315
Massachusetts......................         292      1.0495      305.92        1.59        1.33       55,879,946
Michigan...........................         573      1.0074      576.71        3.00        2.84      119,473,472
Minnesota..........................         255      0.9824      250.02        1.30        0.88       37,042,610
Mississippi........................         289      0.8882      256.24        1.33        1.33       55,987,988
Missouri...........................         326      0.9204      299.59        1.56        1.56       65,460,375
Montana............................          83      0.8415       69.42        0.36        0.36       15,169,315
Nebraska...........................         102      0.8563       87.34        0.45        0.45       19,084,374
Nevada.............................         120      1.1954      143.45        0.75        0.75       31,344,200
New Hampshire......................          58      0.9826       56.99        0.30        0.28       11,932,994
New Jersey.........................         403      1.1237      452.28        2.35        2.35       98,823,044
New Mexico.........................         219      0.9225      201.56        1.05        1.21       50,766,995
New York...........................       1,360      1.0841    1,473.80        7.66        7.66      322,025,819
North Carolina.....................         501      0.9899      495.95        2.58        2.47      103,718,942
North Dakota.......................          48      0.8697       41.31        0.21        0.16        6,575,656
Ohio...............................         675      0.9650      650.87        3.38        3.38      142,214,540
Oklahoma...........................         262      0.8523      222.88        1.16        1.64       69,088,406
Oregon.............................         228      1.0063      229.45        1.19        1.19       50,134,100
Pennsylvania.......................         638      0.9969      636.01        3.31        3.31      138,968,854
Rhode Island.......................          44      0.9785       42.57        0.22        0.22        9,300,803
South Carolina.....................         294      1.0055      295.61        1.54        1.54       64,591,234
South Dakota.......................          43      0.8703       37.42        0.19        0.19        8,177,039
Tennessee..........................         446      0.9991      445.11        2.31        2.05       86,296,823
Texas..............................       2,028      0.9277    1,880.82        9.77       10.76      452,531,213
Utah...............................         153      0.9059      138.14        0.72        0.72       30,184,401
Vermont............................          29      0.8696       25.22        0.13        0.11        4,611,995
Virginia...........................         350      0.9885      345.50        1.80        1.80       75,491,290
Washington.........................         314      0.9467      296.78        1.54        1.45       60,869,643
West Virginia......................         108      0.8961       96.77        0.50        0.50       21,144,989
Wisconsin..........................         241      0.9438      226.99        1.18        1.18       49,597,970
Wyoming............................          38      0.8779       32.92        0.17        0.17        7,193,664
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      Total states only............  ..........  ..........   19,241.72      100.00      100.00    4,204,312,500
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                                Allotments for commonwealths and territories \3\
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Puerto Rico........................  ..........  ..........  ..........       91.60  ..........       41,116,950
Guam...............................  ..........  ..........  ..........        3.50  ..........        1,571,063
Virgin Islands.....................  ..........  ..........  ..........        2.60  ..........        1,167,075

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American Samoa.....................  ..........  ..........  ..........        1.20  ..........          538,650
N. Mariana Islands.................  ..........  ..........  ..........        1.10  ..........          493,763
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      Total commonwealths and territories only.........................      100.00  ..........       44,887,500
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      Total states and commonwealths and territories...........................................   4,249,200,000
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(\1\) Corrects chart that was originally published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 on pages 379-380.
(\2\) Total amount available for allotment to the 50 States and the District of Columbia is $4,204,312,500;
  determined as the fiscal year appropriation ($4,275,000,000) reduced by the total amount available for
  allotment to the Commonwealths and Territories under section 2104(c) of the Act ($10,687,500) and amounts for
  Special Diabetes Grants ($60,000,000) under sections 4921 and 4922 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA
  1997) (Public Law 105-33).
(\3\) Total amount available for allotment to the Commonwealths and Territories is $10,687,500 (determined as
  .25 percent of $4,275,000,000, the fiscal year appropriation) plus $34,200,000 as specified in section
  2104(c)(4)(B) of the Act.
(\4\) Percent share of total amount available for allotment to the Commonwealths and Territories is as specified
  in section 2104(c) of the Act.

(Authority: Section 1102 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1302)
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.767, State 
Children's Health Insurance Program)

    Dated: January 12, 2001.
Brian P. Burns,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 01-1690 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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