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Discusses the Children's Health Insurance Program (Husky B) in Connecticut.

Discusses nonprofit employers with the highest number of employees and employees' children who receive HUSKY A.

Updates information provided in 2005 indicating those employers with the highest number of employees whose children are enrolled in the HUSKY A program.

Updates the 2005 OLR research reports on employers of people who are enrolled, or whose children are enrolled, in the HUSKY program. Uses the data the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) recently provided, which shows the "top 50" employers of people who receive, or whose kids receive, HUSKY.

Updates 2005 OLR reports that supplied data on the employers who employ people who receive, or whose dependents receive, HUSKY. Describes how those states that have adopted reporting laws designed to get this data differ from Connecticut's current system for obtaining it.

Describes to what extent the Care 4 Kids and school readiness programs provide HUSKY outreach to program participants and who initiated the distribution of HUSKY flyers in West Hartford schools.

Provides a general overview of the HUSKY program (A and B) with special emphasis on its history, covered populations, benefits and cost sharing, and, strengths and weaknesses.

Discusses how many children's HUSKY B benefits lapse due to non-payment of premiums and whether the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) notifies families of pending terminations before they occur.

Provides a follow-up to OLR report 2005-R-0129. Identifies the number of children covered by HUSKY A whose parents or caretakers were employed by the 25 employers with the largest number of HUSKY A recipients.

Discusses 1.) if children receiving HUSKY B benefits lose their eligibility for three months when their families are late paying their co-payments 2.) if they lose their eligibility, what happens in emergencies and 3.) if they have to formally re-apply once they are disenrolled.

Provides a general history of the HUSKY insurance program, with an emphasis on the adult coverage provisions.

Provides general information about the HUSKY program and the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) program and their bulimia coverage, if any.

Discusses why some children adopted from a foreign country have to wait six months before being eligible for coverage under the HUSKY program, whether a recent federal law might affect this waiting requirement, and what legislative action could address this situation.

Compares Medicaid benefits with those under the HUSKY program.

Discusses whether children of retired parents could qualify for health insurance under the Husky plan.

Discusses the Children's Health Initiative and the Children's Health Council.