As Amended
SEC. 41-86-3 Establishment of program; purpose; funding; administration; temporary plan; force and effect of section.
(1) There is established a statewide Children's Health Insurance Program
under Title
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide child health care assistance
to targeted, uninsured,
low-income children to be administered by the Division of Medicaid
in the Office of the Governor.
The term "targeted, low-income child" means a child through age eighteen
(18) who has been
determined eligible for child health assistance and who is a low-income
child, or is a child whose
family income exceeds the Medicaid applicable income level, but does
not exceed one hundred
percent (100%) of the federal poverty level, and is not eligible for
medical assistance under Title
XIX or is not covered under a group health plan.
(2) The Children's Health Insurance Program shall provide the same benefits
to children enrolled in
the program as are provided to Medicaid recipients under the Mississippi
Medicaid Laws, Section
43-13-117.
(3) The Children's Health Insurance Program shall be established subject
to the availability of funds
specifically appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose and federal
matching funds as set forth in
Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
(4) In administering the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Division
of Medicaid shall have all
the authority, duties and responsibilities set forth in Section 43-13-101
et seq.
(5) This section authorizes the Division of Medicaid to submit a temporary
plan for children's health
insurance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(6) From and after the full implementation of the permanent State Child
Health Plan authorized under
Section 5 of this act, this section shall have no force and effect.
Source: Laws, 1998, Ch. 572, § 2, SB 2174, eff April 17,
1998, and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2001.