205.6485 State child health plan -- Eligibility criteria -- Schedule of benefits -- Premium contributions -- Access. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 205.6485 State child health plan -- Eligibility criteria -- Schedule of benefits -- Premium contributions -- Access. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall prepare a state child health plan meeting the requirements of Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, for
submission to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services within such time as will permit the state to receive the maximum amounts
of federal matching funds available under Title XXI. The cabinet shall, by
administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A,
establish the following:
(a) The eligibility criteria for children covered by the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program. However, no person eligible for services under Title XIX
of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 1396 to 1396v, as amended, shall be
eligible for services under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program
except to the extent that Title XIX coverage is expanded by KRS 205.6481 to
205.6495 and KRS 304.17A-340; (b) The schedule of benefits to be covered by the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, which shall include preventive services, vision services
including glasses, and dental services including at least sealants, extractions,
and fillings, and which shall be at least equivalent to one (1) of the following:
1. The standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield preferred provider option under the
Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan established by U.S.C. sec.
8903(1); 2. A mid-range health benefit coverage plan that is offered and generally
available to state employees; or 3. Health insurance coverage offered by a health maintenance organization
that has the largest insured commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment of
covered lives in the state; (c) The premium contribution per family of health insurance coverage available under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program with provisions for
the payment of premium contributions by families of children eligible for
coverage by the program based upon a sliding scale relating to family income.
Premium contributions shall be based on a six (6) month period not to exceed:
1. Ten dollars ($10), to be paid by a family with income between one
hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of
the federal poverty level; 2. Twenty dollars ($20), to be paid by a family with income between one
hundred thirty-four percent (134%) to one hundred forty-nine percent
(149%) of the federal poverty level; and 3. One hundred twenty dollars ($120), to be paid by a family with income
between one hundred fifty percent (150%) to two hundred percent
(200%) of the federal poverty level, and which may be made on a partial
payment plan of twenty dollars ($20) per month or sixty dollars ($60)
per quarter; Page 2 of 2 (d) The level of copayments for services provided under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program that shall not exceed those allowed by federal law;
and (e) The criteria for health services providers and insurers wishing to contract with the Commonwealth to provide the children's health insurance coverage.
However, the cabinet shall provide, in any contracting process for the
preventive health insurance program, the opportunity for a public health
department to bid on preventive health services to eligible children within the
public health department's service area. A public health department shall not
be disqualified from bidding because the department does not currently offer
all the services required by paragraph (b) of this subsection. The criteria shall
be set forth in administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A and shall
maximize competition among the providers and insurers. The Cabinet for
Finance and Administration shall provide oversight over contracting policies
and procedures to assure that the number of applicants for contracts is
maximized. (2) Within twelve (12) months of federal approval of the state's Title XXI child health plan, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall assure that a KCHIP program
is available to all eligible children in all regions of the state. If necessary, in order to
meet this assurance, the cabinet shall institute its own program. (3) KCHIP recipients shall have direct access without a referral from any gatekeeper primary care provider to dentists for covered primary dental services and to
optometrists and ophthalmologists for covered primary eye and vision services. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 261, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 253, sec. 3, effective April 2, 1998.