Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of “Lawfully Residing” Children and Pregnant Women (2010) [pdf]
A memo that provides guidance on the implementation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 11-3. Section 214 of CHIPRA permits states to cover certain children and pregnant women in both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) who are “lawfully residing in the United States” as described in section 1903(v)(4) and 2107(e)(1)(J) of the Social Security Act.