KRS 205.6481: Legislative findings.

The General Assembly hereby finds that:

(1) All citizens of the Commonwealth should have access to affordable health care; and

(2) It is estimated by the Legislative Research Commission that one hundred twenty -

five thousand (125,000) children in the Commonwealth have no health insurance

coverage; and

(3) Of the estimated one hundred twenty -five thousand (125,000) uninsured children in

the Commonwealth, ninety-one thousand two hundred fifty (91,250) fall at or below

two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level; and

(4) Uninsured children are of particular concern because of their need for preventative

and primary care to develop into healthy adulthood; and

(5) Measures not taken now to provide care for uninsured children will result in higher

human and financial costs due to the development of more severe conditions; and

(6) Eligible children in this Commonwealth should have access to cost -effective,

primary health care programs if they or their parents are unable to afford it on their

own; and

(7) It is in the interest of the citizens of the Commonwealth for the General Assembly

to foster the development of a children's health insurance program designed to

provide basic services to eligible children at minimum cost.