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Page 1 of 1 205.6483 Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program -- Purposes. There is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Kentucky <br>Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of: <br>(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 <br>federal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance <br>coverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the <br>Federal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance <br>program under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of <br>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 <br>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.

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Page 1 of 1 205.6483 Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program -- Purposes. There is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Kentucky <br>Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of: <br>(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 <br>federal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance <br>coverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the <br>Federal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance <br>program under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of <br>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 <br>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.

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Statutes > Kentucky > 205-00 > 6483

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Page 1 of 1 205.6483 Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program -- Purposes. There is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Kentucky <br>Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of: <br>(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 <br>federal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance <br>coverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the <br>Federal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance <br>program under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of <br>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 <br>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.