1.1 	A resolution
1.2 	urging support for and reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance 
1.3 	Program.
1.4 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota regards the health of our children 
1.5 	and their parents as of paramount importance to families in our state; and  
1.6 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota regards poor child and parental 
1.7 	health as a threat to the educational achievement and social and psychological well-being of the 
1.8 	families of our state; and  
1.9 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers protecting the health of 
1.10 	our children and their parents to be essential to the well-being of our families and the quality of 
1.11 	life in our state; and  
1.12 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers the State Childrena??s Health 
1.13 	Insurance Program, which as of July 2006 covered over 23,000 uninsured Minnesota children, 
1.14 	parents, and pregnant women, to be an integral part of the arrangements for health benefits for the 
1.15 	families of the state of Minnesota; and  
1.16 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota recognizes the value of the State 
1.17 	Childrena??s Health Insurance Program in preserving wellness, preventing and treating disease, 
1.18 	improving health outcomes, and reducing overall health costs; and
1.19 	WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers the federal funding 
1.20 	available for the State Childrena??s Health Insurance Program to be indispensable for providing 
1.21 	health benefits for families of modest means; NOW, THEREFORE,  
2.1 	BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges Congress to 
2.2 	timely reauthorize the State Childrena??s Health Insurance Program to ensure continued State 
2.3 	Childrena??s Health Insurance Program funding for the state in a flexible manner that best meets 
2.4 	the needs of the state. 
2.5 	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges the governor to use his best 
2.6 	efforts to work with the Minnesota delegation to ensure that the State Childrena??s Health Insurance 
2.7 	Program is reauthorized in a timely manner.
2.8 	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature proclaims that all components of state 
2.9 	government should work together with educators, health care providers, and social workers to 
2.10 	ensure that all available public and private assistance for providing health benefits to uninsured 
2.11 	families in this state be used to the maximum extent possible.
2.12 	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges the governor to use his best 
2.13 	efforts to provide meaningful assistance to help identify and enroll children and parents who 
2.14 	qualify for medical assistance or the MinnesotaCare program and are eligible for State Childrena??s 
2.15 	Health Insurance Program funding.
2.16 	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the  State of Minnesota is 
2.17 	directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, 
2.18 	the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  
2.19 	States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.