Kentucky Statutes 205.6483 – Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program — Purposes
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
There is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Kentucky
Children’s Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of:
(1) Providing health care coverage and other coordinated services to children through the age of eighteen (18) years at or below two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance coverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance program under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of Medicaid program expansions and use of a separate health insurance program; and
(2) Providing Medicaid coverage for children between the ages of fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years up to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 260, effective June 20, 2005. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 253, sec. 2, effective April 2, 1998.
Children’s Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.6483
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(1) Providing health care coverage and other coordinated services to children through the age of eighteen (18) years at or below two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance coverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance program under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of Medicaid program expansions and use of a separate health insurance program; and
(2) Providing Medicaid coverage for children between the ages of fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years up to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 260, effective June 20, 2005. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 253, sec. 2, effective April 2, 1998.