[20200715]IF10623_国家健康保险援助计划（SHIP）.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated July 15, 2020State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)Background The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) provides funding to states for outreach, counseling, and information assistance to Medicare beneficiaries and their families and caregivers on Medicare and other health insurance issues. The national program is authorized under Section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended (OBRA 90; P.L. 101-508; 42 U.S.C. 1395b-4). The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-76) transferred SHIP administration from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the Administration for Community Living (ACL). This transfer reflected the existing formal and informal collaborations between the state SHIP projects and the networks that ACL serves. An interim final rule, effective February 4, 2016, reflected the transfer from CMS to ACL (81 Federal Register 5917). The interim final rule was adopted without change on June 3, 2016 (81 Federal Register 35643). There are SHIP projects in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Vi