For Social Security purposes includes the worker’s biological child or any other child who can inherit intestate personal property under state law or who meets certain specific requirements under the Social Security Act: legally adopted child; equitably adopted child, stepchild, grandchild.

Code that shows the length of time a dependent child has health insurance coverage under a family’s membership (e.g., end of calendar year of limiting age, birth date).

A state health and disability prevention program for children.

State child health program that operates with federal grant support under Titles V and XXI of the Social Security Act. In some states this program may be known as Maternal and Child Health Program (MCHP) , Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Acronym for Children’s Health Insurance Program; see State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Refers to a medical condition that persists, continues, or recurs over a long period of time.

Medical care and treatment given to an individual whose health problem is of a long-term and continuing nature. Rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, and mental hospitals may be considered chronic care facilities.

Long-term or permanent illness that often results in some type of disability and may require a person to seek help with various activities (e.g., diabetes, arthritis).

Kidney dialysis regularly furnished to an end-stage renal dialysis (ESRD) patient in a hospital-based independent (non–hospital-based) or home setting.